Technology
Football's Concussion Crisis Is Awash With Pseudoscience
Products that offer a "seatbelt" or "bubble wrap" for the brain claim to reduce head trauma. If only the laws of physics worked that...
Whoa! Is That Death Star Wreckage on That Planet?
A physicist analyzes that colossal Easter egg in the latest *Star Wars* trailer. Do the filmmakers understand the gravity of the situation?
The Massive, Overlooked Potential of African DNA
Genetic studies rely almost entirely on DNA from people of European descent. A startup called 54gene wants to fix that, and fast.
A Wildfire Vaccine, Elon's New *Starship*, and More News
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What's the Hardest Shot in Bowling? It's Complicated
Is it the 7-10 Split? The Greek Church? The Big Four? The answer depends on whom you ask, but many bowlers agree: The 7-10 split deserves...
This Clever Gel Works Like a Vaccine for Wildfires
Spray the flame-retardant goo on vegetation, and it’ll protect the plants from igniting for months.
A Big Question About Prime Numbers Gets a Partial Answer
The twin primes conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for more than a century. Now there's a solution for one version of it.
Elon Musk Just Unveiled Starship, SpaceX's Human-Carrying...
After years of speculation and hype, the SpaceX CEO finally explained how Starship will carry humans to the moon and eventually to...
NASA's Nuclear Idea, an Unfixable Apple Flaw, and More...
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What to Expect From the 2019 World Track Championships
Editor in Chief Nick Thompson and running expert Knox Robinson break down the highlights of the IAAF World Athletics Championships...
