Science— Feature
Nine Years of Nothing, Then a Signal
A seabed monitoring array recorded nothing unusual for nine years. The tenth year justified the whole project — and nearly did not happen.
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Noor Al-Bakri
Noor Al-Bakri reports on the practice of science — funding, instrumentation, replication, and the long stretches where nothing conclusive happens. Al-Bakri holds a doctorate in atmospheric chemistry and left the laboratory in 2015 having concluded that the more interesting subject was how the laboratory works. Also edits Veyra’s corrections column.
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4 stories in the archive
Science— Interview
The Instrument Makers
An interview with a machinist and a glassblower who build scientific instruments to order — and whose names appear in acknowledgments, if at all.
Technology— Report
Nobody Owns the Timekeeping
International time is maintained by a loose federation of laboratories with no enforcement power and shrinking budgets. It works because everyone involved keeps deciding it should.
Science— Essay
How a Finding Survives
Publication is the beginning of a claim’s life, not the end of it. What actually determines whether a finding lasts.