Technology
California’s Wildfires Are the Doom of Our Own Making
The state is being squeezed by uber-wildfires and rising seas—climate change’s twin agents of chaos. It’s a struggle that will define...
The Age of Flames Is Consuming California
Yet another massive wildfire is ravaging Northern California. Welcome to the Pyrocene—think of it like the Ice Age, but with fire.
A Secret Space Plane Just Landed After a Record Stay in...
The plane spent 780 continuous days in orbit conducting classified experiments for the US Air Force before autonomously landing itself.
Physicists Get Close to Knowing the Mass of the Neutrino
The KATRIN experiment is working to “weigh the ghost,” which could point to new laws of particle physics and reshape theories of cosmology.
Scientists Take Baby Steps Toward Extraterrestrial Babies
Can sperm survive microgravity? Do eggs hold up to radiation? The new science of off-planet procreation is now getting underway.
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Ocean Cleanup’s New Plastic-Catcher … Kinda Already Exists?
The anti-plastic crusaders have another plan to keep junk from reaching the sea: trash-eating barges in rivers.
Can We Plant 20 Million Trees for 2020? The Math Says Yes
How much land will the \#TeamTrees plan require? A science prof roughs it to assess the feasibility.
Can We Plant 20 Million Trees by 2020? The Math Says Yes
How much land will the \#TeamTrees plan require? A science prof roughs it to assess the feasibility.
How Ultra-Flexible Teens Turned ‘Tricking’ Into a Sport
For more than a decade, Michael Guthrie has dominated the world of tricking, a sport he describes as "emotion and personality, expressed...
The Slime Blob That Won the Internet Is Weirder Than You...
A zoo puts a mysterious slime mold on display, and the internet gushes. Here's everything you need to know about the weirdest blob...
