Technology
Boeing Starliner Returns Home to an Uncertain Future
NASA has three more operational Starliner missions on the books. It hasn't decided whether it will commit to any more than that.
What Cancún’s Tourists Don’t See Is a Sprawling Concrete...
The rapid expansion of Cancún since the 1970s has created a vastly unequal city, with overpopulated neighborhoods deprived of public...
Why Super Typhoons Like Yagi Are More Common Than You’d...
Unlike in the Atlantic, there is little to stop high-intensity storms forming in Southeast Asia, and climate change is making conditions...
Moon GPS Is Coming
Nations and companies are ramping up their efforts to deploy the first satnav on the moon to support a flurry of planned missions...
Ski Resorts Are Stockpiling Snow to Get Through Warm Winters
Under protective coverings, piles of snow can be stored for a surprisingly long time, allowing ski resorts to mitigate some of the...
Wildfires Are Contaminating Water Supplies
Wildfires don’t just destroy forest—they can increase sediment in rivers and reservoirs, spark algae blooms, and pollute watercourses...
Strange Noises Are Coming from Inside Boeing’s Starliner...
Speakers inside the spacecraft are producing a pulsing noise, and neither astronauts nor Mission Control can identify its cause.
Students Find New Evidence of the Impossibility of Complete...
A new mathematic proof marks the first progress in decades on a problem about how order emerges.
Scientists Plan ‘Doomsday’ Vault on Moon
Climate change is threatening Earth’s biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to “back up” life-forms?
A Rare Coincidence of La Niña Events Will Weaken Hurricane...
The oceans have produced a rare coincidence of the Pacific and Atlantic Niñas, which will lessen the severity of the hurricane season—though...
