Stories by Simon-curtis

The Moon is brighter than the Sun – in gamma-rays

Special Paint on the Hood of the World War II Jeep Could Detect Mustard Gas

The slender skyscrapers changing New York's skyline

How does a preindustrial society put a 13-ton hat on a statue?

Moon Microbe Mystery Finally Solved (2011)

After Evergreen One Year Later, Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying Look Back

Ten Other Men Left Genetic Legacies So Huge They Rival Genghis Khan's (2015)

In southern Brazil humans caused forest expansion between 1410 and 900 BP

Something killed a lot of sperm whales in the past–and it wasn’t whalers

Boulder-Size Clues to How Humans Settled the Americas

Y-chromosomes and the extent of patrilineal ancestry in Irish surnames (2006)

Plants repeatedly got rid of their ability to obtain their own nitrogen

A 'self-eating' rocket engine could put satellites in orbit more easily

Why did prehistoric Americans fashion the enigmatic bannerstones?

The Internet Might Be Keeping Inflation Low

SIGSALY: a World War II secure speech system for very high level communications

The personality traits necessary for being a good astronaut

Sinking of the US Cargo Vessel El Faro: Illustrated digest [pdf]

The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Wiped Out Many Birds

These were the unlikely survivors after dinosaurs went extinct

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