EditorialA sediment sample taken from some 140 feet deep at Riverview Farm Park in Newport News, Va., where a planned recharge well will inject additional treated wastewater into the Potomac Aquifer, on Oct. 18, 2022. (Kristen Zeis/The New York Times)
EditorialThe outline of the hull of Industry in the sediment can be seen in this mosaic of images from video footage captured by the Natinoal Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. (NOAA Ocean Exploration via The New York Times)
EditorialThe outline of the hull of Industry in the sediment can be seen in this mosaic of images from video footage captured by the Natinoal Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. (NOAA Ocean Exploration via The New York Times)
EditorialA scale model of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, a key component of a $50 billion plan to save the Louisiana coast, at the Alden Research Laboratory in Holden, Mass., Jan. 29, 2020. (Tony Luong/The New York Times)
EditorialGem in the shape of a scarab (silencing during the game of Kottabos), Carnelian, cut, drilled, Carnelian, Total: Height: 1.07 cm; Width: 1.32 cm; Depth: 0.74 cm, Body jewelry, glyptic, satyr, fauns, silene, carousing, drinking, orgy, strict style, Due ...
EditorialThis is a basic part of a rowing style. Clearly visible is a round to oval hole that is probably made by means of a piece of flint. Near the eye, cutting tracks can be seen on the opposite side of the eye branch. Clear cut marks are also on the cut eye...
EditorialMaureen Raymo, the interim director of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, holds core samples at the observatory in Palisades, N.Y., June 18, 2020. (Melissa Bunni Elian/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu).
EditorialAt a warehouse-size laboratory in Holden, Mass., patterns of sediment in a scale model of a bend in the Mississippi River show how a proposed diversion would move sand out of the river and into the basin on Jan. 29, 2020. (Tony Luong/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu).
EditorialEchiurus vulgaris, Print, Echiuridae, Echiuridae is a family of spoon worms in the subclass Echiura. It is a monotypic family, the only genus being Echiurus. These worms burrow into soft sediment on the seabed.
EditorialPriapulus caudatus, Print, Priapulus caudatus is a marine invertebrate belonging to the phylum Priapulida, the penis worms. It is a cylindrical, unsegmented worm which burrows in soft sediment on the seabed. It has a circumpolar distribution.
EditorialAracana aurita, Print, Aracana aurita, striped cowfish, Shaw's cowfish, striped boxfish, or Shaw's boxfish is a species of boxfish native to the Eastern Indian Ocean. The species was first described by George Shaw in 1798. It is carnivorous and exposes...
EditorialAracana aurita, Print, Aracana aurita, striped cowfish, Shaw's cowfish, striped boxfish, or Shaw's boxfish is a species of boxfish native to the Eastern Indian Ocean. The species was first described by George Shaw in 1798. It is carnivorous and exposes...
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu).
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu).
EditorialStrainer, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21?22, ca. 1070?712 B.C., From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Tell Basta (Bubastis), Temple of Bastet, ancient cache, Gold, h. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in); diam. 12 cm (4 3/4 in), Wine services do not seem to have a long histo...