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Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.
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We're bringing an extra episode from our show Security, Spoken.
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
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Human cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person.
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Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action.
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Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air.
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Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source.
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The next wave of obesity drugs could help people lose even more weight—and make some pharma companies a fortune.
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Activists believe that the vice president, who is already the leading voice for reproductive rights in the Biden administration, will champion their cause.
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Doctors find themselves without critical systems and diagnostic tools—and face the daunting reality that a full recovery could take days—after CrowdStrike’s botched deployment of a software update.
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Analysis of lunar imagery has ended a longstanding debate over whether there are accessible underground areas on the Moon; an emptied lava tube in the Sea of Tranquility is of particular interest.
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Missions to explore other worlds, like Mars or Saturn’s moon Titan, could disrupt or destroy extraterrestrial life in the process of seeking it.
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Legislation in coming years will set up a publicly owned clean power company and leverage the Crown Estate for investment in green infrastructure.
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Improperly discarded batteries leak toxic chemicals and are prone to exploding. A new program funded by the Department of Energy will prop up battery drop-off sites across the US.
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Robotics researchers are exploring how large language models can give physical machines more smarts.
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In a livestreamed update on X, Elon Musk and Neuralink executives gave an update on the company's next study participant—and its next-generation brain implant.
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Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation.
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Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family.
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Cheap, low-energy evaporative cooling devices are keeping water, food, people, and even whole buildings cool across India.
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Much of health care is designed with the “comfortable middle” of society in mind, says designer Yves Behar, when it should be tailored to children, the elderly, and those with disabilities.
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When butterflies not native to South America appeared on a beach in French Guiana, entomologists started sleuthing to prove where they came from—and how they might have got there.
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More than 30 million Brits have the NHS app. This represents an opportunity to transform the health service, which shadow health secretary Wes Streeting calls “an analog system in a digital age.”
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To improve outcomes for female patients, all evidence needs to be considered—while outdated myths about the significance of sex differences need to be retired.
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For many patients, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lead to substantial weight loss. But some see much less benefit, and researchers are trying to figure out why.
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Collins Aerospace is expected to back out of a contract with NASA, while high interest rates and a difficult supply chain environment have affected Axiom.
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There are biological underpinnings to aging—and so researchers are investigating cell manipulations, transfusions of young blood, and chemical compounds that can mimic low-calorie diets.
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Google’s AI research lab DeepMind is steadily building knowledge of how genes and their products work inside the body—and how and why they sometimes go wrong.
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Thomas Heatherwick believes architecture has a “nutritional value” to society—and that the public desperately deserve a better offering.
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It’s a question of when, not if, highly effective treatments become available, says the CEO of Alzheimer’s Research UK. But that doesn’t solve the problem of one-third of dementia patients still going undiagnosed.
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A new project is paying researchers to find errors in other scientists’ work. The only problem? Even error hunters make mistakes.
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With chatbot and AI development largely coming from the US, some EU entrepreneurs and politicians say local champions are needed to prevent a cultural flattening.
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To understand how to take a match-winning penalty, you’ve got to understand the physics behind the perfect kick.
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The vehicle mostly survived launch and reentry—key stepping stones toward operational flights of the largest rocket in history.
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Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going.
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UK retailers have accused Amazon of using its Buy Box section to choke their businesses, reigniting a years-long debate over whether there was foul play.
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Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs’ Jobs—and They’re Celebrating
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Players, aided by technology, are hitting the ball farther than ever, and courses can’t keep getting longer—meaning operators are having to find smarter ways to keep the sport challenging.
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At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced its first serious foray into generative AI, with a focus on app integrations and data privacy.
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Some residents of Yellowknife are staying behind to fight back wildfires that could soon engulf the Canadian city. Others have shared harrowing stories as they race to escape the flames.
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Apple Intelligence will make apps and services smarter. But Apple’s most notable innovations focus on ensuring the technology doesn't disappoint, annoy, or offend.
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A popular AI training dataset is “stealing and weaponizing” the faces of Brazilian children without their knowledge or consent, human rights activists claim.
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Research is uncovering the key role that fungi play in getting soils to absorb carbon, and how humanity’s actions aboveground are wreaking havoc in the mysterious fungal world below.
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The fireflies of Moriyama City have long been prized (and hunted) for their yellow-green glow. To bring populations back up, amateur conservationists are hitting the books.
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Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys.
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Scientists use microphones and AI to automatically detect species by their chirps and croaks. This bioacoustics research could be critical for protecting ecosystems on a warming planet.
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Experiments show that asking AI chatbots to work together on a problem can compensate for some of their shortcomings. WIRED enlisted two bots to help plan this article.
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Here’s what the science really says about teens and screens—and how to start the conversation with young people of any age.
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During a tour of Silicon Valley, EU vice president Věra Jourová said she expects tech giants to prioritize stamping out content that could distort democracy.
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Surgeons at NYU took out the pig kidney because it wasn’t getting enough blood flow.
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What goes on in artificial neural networks work is largely a mystery, even to their creators. But researchers from Anthropic have caught a glimpse.
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Drought-stricken hydro dams have led to daily electricity cuts in Ecuador. As weather becomes less predictable die to climate change, experts say other countries need to take notice.
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Book publishers are experimenting with chatbot editions of new titles, providing "conversational companions" for readers.
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Anthropic and other big AI startups are teaching chatbots “tool use,” to make them more useful in the workplace.
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Noland Arbaugh is the first to get Elon Musk’s brain device. The 30-year-old speaks to WIRED about what it’s like to use a computer with his mind—and gain a new sense of independence.
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Ecologist Thomas Crowther’s research inspired countless tree-planting campaigns, greenwashing, and attacks from scientists. Now he’s back with a new plan for nature restoration.
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Authorities and conservation groups are investigating the deaths of dozens of howler monkeys in Tabasco, where extreme heat and land-use change appear to be threatening the vulnerable species.
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Increasing solar activity over the next year could bring more opportunities to see fantastic displays of the northern lights.
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Not only do heat pumps work fine in cold weather, they’re still more efficient than gas furnaces in such conditions.
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Research at Microsoft shows it’s possible to make AI models small enough to run on phones or laptops without major compromises to their smarts. The technique could open up new use cases for AI.
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Viruses called phages offer a promising treatment option for bacterial infections when antibiotics stop working, but they have limitations.
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Not only is black carbon terrible for human health, but ever-fiercer wildfires are covering the Arctic with the dark particles, accelerating melting.
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Climate change is robbing some hydro dams of water while oversupplying others—forcing managers to employ new forecasting technology and clever strategies to capitalize on what they have.
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Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.
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We wanted to bring back a favorite episode from 2023: A deep learning model has joined a vigorous debate over whether volcanoes began dinosaur doomsday well before the asteroid hit. Thanks for listening to WIRED.
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A store in Singapore is selling lab-grown chicken, but it only contains 3 percent animal cells.
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The preliminary results of a clinical trial of using heat exposure to combat depression are in—and are fueling cautious optimism that sauna practice could become an accepted treatment.
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The hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there’s “no indication” that the transplant was related to his death.
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Platelets help blood clot, but they have a short shelf life. With blood in short supply, synthetic platelets could help meet demand.
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Two cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221 years. They’re bringing the banquet of a lifetime for birds, trees, and humans alike.
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Anyone found guilty of selling or manufacturing cultivated meat in Alabama will face up to a three-month jail sentence and $500 fine.
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It’s not the technology itself. It’s that we don’t yet have enough trained workers to install heat pumps for full-tilt decarbonization.
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Seven years behind schedule, on Monday Starliner will send two astronauts to space on a mission for NASA. The troubled company still has lots of catching up to do.
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Synthetic DNA could be used to spark a pandemic. A move by President Biden aims to create new standards for the safety and security of mail-order genetic material.
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China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.
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A fashion influencer’s struggles to unblock her Instagram account highlight a long-standing problem with Meta’s lackluster customer service. Users and regulators say the company must step up.
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In a chaotic housing market that has shut many buyers out, fractional home ownership and investing trends are taking off.
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The back of the plane is safest, according to common wisdom, but that’s not really true. Let us explain.
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After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute.
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In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump.
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Heavy rain has triggered flash flooding in Dubai. But those pointing the finger at cloud seeding are misguided.
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Amsterdam is experimenting with roofs that not only grow plants but capture water for a building’s residents. Welcome to the squeezable sponge city of tomorrow.
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An infection can upset your microbiome, and if certain gut fungi run riot, this can kick the immune system into overdrive.
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Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil.
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WIRED spoke with US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg about recent grants to fix ancient roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure before it’s too late.
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink and others are developing devices that could provide blind people with a crude sense of sight.
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Humanity needs to burn less fossil fuels. But that means fewer aerosols to help cool the planet—and a potential acceleration of global warming.
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To pull off this classic Hollywood stunt, you gotta know your physics!
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An attempt to reauthorize Section 702, the so-called crown jewel of US spy powers, failed for a third time in the House of Representatives after former president Donald Trump criticized the law.
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Subsidence is causing parts of Mexico City to sink, and it’s happening at an uneven rate. That’s bad news for its sprawling public transportation system.
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Researchers think a combination of genetic edits and an experimental immunosuppressive drug could make the first pig kidney transplant a long-term success.
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Friday morning's earthquake was felt from New York City all the way to Washington, DC. Blame ancient fault lines and bedrock for the jolt.
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Here’s a cool way to watch the eclipse—and learn about the weird physics of light while you’re at it.
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Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, more women have been crossing the border to Mexico for abortion medications and procedures.
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Here’s some advice for safely experiencing the total solar eclipse on April 8 as the moon casts a slender shadow across Mexico, the United States, and eastern Canada.
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Donor livers are in short supply for transplants. A startup is attempting to grow new ones in people instead.
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Afshin Mehin has helped design some of the most futuristic neurotech devices.
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New heat pumps easily fit over window sills, meaning they could replace clunky apartment air-conditioning units.
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The abortion pill mifepristone went in front of the US Supreme Court on Tuesday. Antiabortionists say an increase in emergency room visits shows it’s unsafe. Medical experts disagree.
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Injectable immunotherapy drugs can be made, in theory, but gravity prevents them from crystallizing correctly. A startup thinks the solution could be right above us.
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Steel structures aren’t as strong as you might think—and the immense power of a container ship shouldn’t be underestimated.
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A 62-year-old Massachusetts man with failing kidneys is the first living patient to receive a genetically-altered kidney from a pig.
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Every person has a different idea of what makes noise “loud,” but there are some things we all can do to turn the volume down a little.
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A fatal bear attack in Slovakia reignited accusations that conservationists are protecting the animals at the expense of human safety. Experts argue it's a people problem, not a bear problem.
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A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and other e-waste a year—and recycling less than a quarter of it.
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A soccer AI model created by Google DeepMind makes predictions about where corners will go, and suggests tweaks to make goals more or less likely.
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Unloved buildings turn to ruin, leading to a deluge of construction waste worldwide. Designer Thomas Heatherwick tells WIRED why cities need to prioritize human health and joy in architecture.
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Your pets can already eat a chewable tablet for tick prevention. Now, a pill that paralyzes and kills ticks has shown positive results in a small human trial.
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Rising temperatures are a threat regardless of where you live on the planet—they’re just dangerous in different ways.
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Sex differences explain some of the gaping health inequalities between men and women—but a lot of the time, it’s sexism.
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When everyone's hooking their brains up to computers, we'll need surgeons to install the hardware.
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Meet the amazing azolla, a nutritious fern that grows like crazy, capturing carbon in the process. Could it be a food—and fertilizer and biofuel—of the future?
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BetaVolt’s nuclear battery lasts for decades, but you won’t see one in your next iPhone—powering a mobile device would require a cell the size of a yak.
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Coastal land is dropping, known as subsidence. That could expose hundreds of thousands of additional Americans to inundation by 2050.
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An experimental device developed by Cognito Therapeutics seeks to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients using light and sound.
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The carbon removal market is fast growing, with an array of different removal methods available to businesses keen to mitigate their environmental impact.
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Climate Policy Radar's tools scan global environmental laws to see what works and what doesn't. What its AI is discovering today will help shape the regulations of tomorrow.
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A deadly tower block blaze in Spain has focused attention on notorious flammable building materials—but around the world, there's little momentum to stop using them.
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With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking up way more free stormwater.
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Extreme heat waves are already here, and they are killing tens of thousands of people. Blasting through 2 degrees Celsius of warming means they’ll happen many times more frequently.
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“I feel so powerless in this state.”
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Getting these climate superheroes into more US homes would massively cut emissions, and it would be cost-effective. Here’s how the revolution would play out.
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Americans eat too much sugar. Food tech company Zya is developing a substance to add to sweet foods that can convert some of that sugar into fiber in the digestive system.
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Hydrogen-powered planes, more fuel-efficient aircraft designs, and all-electric parcel delivery services are just some of the ways in which the transport sector is looking to decarbonize.
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It’s a multibillion-dollar global problem, and in a rapidly electrifying world, the profits—and ease—of stealing metals are only going to increase.
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Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa, CTO of Greenpeace, says technology firms must shape up—and consumers and business clients should walk away if they don’t.
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As relentless rains pounded LA, the city’s “sponge” infrastructure helped gather 8.6 billion gallons of water—enough to sustain over 100,000 households for a year.
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Millions of Ukrainians are suffering the mental health implications of two years of Russian bombs and shells. The country’s recovery depends on building systems to help treat the trauma.
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Upside Foods is putting plans for its Illinois-based cultivated-meat factory on hold and laying off staff to focus on its existing plant.
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An alternative to environmentally harmful plastic is already within reach: seaweed.
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Farmers and scientists are getting better at growing more crops on less land, but they’re not focusing on plants that people eat.
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A slalom skier just achieved a remarkable result in the Alpine Ski World Cup—coming from last place to win. As mountains get warmer and conditions less predictable, expect more freak occurrences like this.
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It started as a big old ball of dust, so how did it end up like a giant pancake? Get the true story using fake forces.
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They may be tiny, but phytoplankton and aerosols power pivotal Earth systems. Scientists are about to learn a whole lot more about them at a critical time.
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You need a heat pump, ASAP. Now nine states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of this climate superhero.
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From data access to scientific merit, Dr. Norman is working to make astronomy—and all STEM fields—more inclusive.
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WIRED experimented with a new form of voice assistant that can browse the web and perform tasks online. Siri, Alexa, and other virtual helpers could soon be much more powerful.
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Houston-based rBIO has invented a new process to churn out insulin at higher yields using custom-made bacteria.
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Big Beef is wooing science teachers with webinars and lesson plans in an attempt to change kids’ perceptions of the industry.
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“Distributed acoustic sensing” looks for disturbances in fiber to detect earthquakes and even insects. Can it also improve rail safety?
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Details are scarce, but Elon Musk says initial results are “promising.”
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Welcome to the world’s foremost training ground for saving space from disasters, disputes, and—perhaps one day—colonizers named Musk.
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Several gene therapies aim to restore a protein necessary for transmitting sound signals from the ear to the brain.
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The winter sport is becoming more treacherous as the world warms and icefalls become less and less stable.
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New research finds that the groundwater systems that hydrate your life are in rapid, sometimes accelerating decline around the globe. Here’s how to stop the retreat.
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On Monday, Cameroon became the first nation to establish routine childhood malaria immunizations. The race is on to give protection to as many people as possible.
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Strand Therapeutics has figured out a way to turn the molecule on and off in certain tissues to more precisely treat tumors.
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After doubts were raised about a 31-year-old dog, Guinness World Records has paused its records for the world’s oldest dogs, leaving one super-old dog in limbo.
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Researchers want to use genetically engineered pig organs to help support people with liver failure.
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Cases of scabies, a highly contagious parasitic skin disease, are on the rise across Europe. The UK in particular is struggling with a shortage of treatments.
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The numbers are in: 2023’s global temperatures not only soared, but smashed the previous record set in 2016. This year could be even hotter.
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Two tragic crashes over the past six years, then a third plane with loose bodywork—the aircraft designed to send Boeing’s reputation soaring has sent it into a tailspin.
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Politicians claim the move could provide vital minerals for the green transition. Critics say opening up exploration creates geopolitical headaches and is environmentally unsound.
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Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.
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The US is in the midst of the largest Covid surge since Omicron, but with minimal testing and good population immunity, the wave is largely being ignored.
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Scientists are finding a dynamic story in human physiology linked to frigid temperatures—a story that climate change may rewrite.
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This is the year that “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas” summed up the climate emergency. But dramatic descriptors extend to the huge gains humanity has made too.
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Up and down the Atlantic Coast, the land is steadily sinking, or subsiding. That’s destabilizing levees, roads, and airports, just as sea levels are rising.
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Biotech company Contraline has safely implanted a sperm-blocking hydrogel in 23 men. It’s designed to be a fully reversible vasectomy.
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Carbon-neutral concrete could transform construction’s footprint—if it can scale in time. At Partanna Global, Bahamian basketball star and actor Rick Fox is trying to speed things up.
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Eating organic and switching to low-energy light bulbs feels like the green thing to do, but are people missing the bigger opportunities right in front of them?
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A tiny proportion of Americans—particularly boomers—eat the majority of the nation’s beef. Can clever framing sway a younger generation?
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Delegates agreed on a historic climate deal at COP28. But without more ambition, humanity will have to rely ever more on a contentious strategy: carbon removal.
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Extreme conditions caused by climate change are making winter sports more risky. From Colorado to Washington, that’s also making mountain rescue missions even more perilous.
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Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe?
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As researchers try to make sense of “open-label” placebos—fake drugs that proudly announce their fakeness—the mysterious effect is starting to show up beyond the world of medicine.
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When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per square meter of land per day. It’s another ominous sign of how plasticized the environment has become.
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An animal welfare advocacy group claims in a letter to the SEC that Elon Musk again made statements about the health of Neuralink test subjects that may have misled investors.
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This particle physicist, science communicator, and member of the team who uncovered the Higgs Boson wants everyone to know that art and science aren’t mutually exclusive.
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The agreement at COP28 satisfies no-one. But it’s probably the best that countries could have hoped for.
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Free-ranging domestic cats eat over 2,000 animal species across the globe, including hundreds at risk of extinction. It’s a problem with no easy solution.
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An ingestible “digital pill” that measures heart rate and breathing from inside the stomach could detect the warning signs of sleep apnea, cardiac distress, and even opioid overdoses.
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The one-time gene editing fix is meant to halt debilitating pain crises for sickle cell patients, who formerly could only be cured with a risky stem cell transplant. Read the full story here.
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Methane hydrate is an ice-like substance you can set on fire. Now scientists have found that more of it may be in danger of melting—and releasing powerful greenhouse gas—than previously realized.
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All but raised in oncology wards, Dr. Subbiah is on a mission to make cancer care work for everyone, including those usually overlooked.
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Mounting evidence bolsters the idea that drugs like semaglutide—better known as Ozempic or Wegovy—can hamper a thirst for booze.
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French startup Biomemory is rolling out a credit-card-sized storage device that uses DNA to encode a kilobyte of text data.
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The dean of MIT’s School of Science embraces skepticism and failure, and she wants the next generation of scientists to jump right in.
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In 2021, scientists experimenting with fiber optics picked up a strange signal: the cacophony of cicadas. It could lead to a new way of monitoring insects.
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CAR-T cell therapy harnesses the immune system to attack blood cancers. Six years after approving the first treatment, the FDA is investigating whether it can give rise to secondary cancers.
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Pioneering a new field in cosmology, Dr. Pasterski explores diverse perspectives in physics and astronomy—and whether the universe might actually be a hologram.
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An accomplished cardiologist and the first Black woman president of Wellesley College, Dr. Johnson's life's work is improving quality of care for women and women of color around the world.
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There’s a devastating amount of heavy news these days. Psychology experts say you need to know your limits—and when to put down the phone.
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As project scientist on NASA’s Exoplanet Archive, Dr. Christiansen is a huge advocate for citizen science—and making sure anyone can be a planet hunter.
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Ahead of COP28, a scathing new UN report warns that the world is barreling toward an avoidable catastrophe. It’s a plea for world leaders to step up their ambition.
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The gene-editing therapy, called Casgevy, uses Crispr to prevent debilitating pain in patients with sickle cell disease. It also eliminates the need for regular blood transfusions in people with beta thalassemia.
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An inventor, molecular biologist, and diagnostic scientist, Dr. Todd cofounded SpeedDx, which serves communities worldwide. And that’s just the beginning.
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Misinformation about skincare runs rampant on social media. The chemist behind the Lab Muffin Beauty Science blog is here to clear things up.
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It’s still early days for a novel form of gene therapy called base editing, but this small study in people with extremely high cholesterol shows striking results.
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The drug semaglutide is already widely used for weight loss. Now its maker is presenting new evidence that it can reduce cardiovascular illnesses and deaths.
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As ocean temperatures climb, so do creatures’ metabolisms. If extra food isn’t available, they’ll starve.
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Eli Lilly is about to release Zepbound, a new entrant in the superheated competition for blockbuster weight loss drugs.
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All US states take pinpricks of blood from newborns to test for diseases. New Jersey stores them for decades and may allow them to be used in police investigations.
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Images from the European Space Agency’s newest telescope show the power of instruments that will create 3D surveys of a third of the sky, covering 10 billion years of cosmic history.
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The hidden costs of the global food system are equivalent to 10 percent of global GDP, according to new analysis from the United Nations.
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Astronomers show how a 50-meter space rock orbiting near Earth isn’t a typical asteroid: It probably blasted off the moon millions of years ago. Read this story here.
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Take a tour of a rooftop laboratory where scientists show how growing crops under solar panels can produce both food and clean energy.
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Dangerously hot days are becoming more common. That will trigger heart attacks and strokes in people made vulnerable by age, race, and the layout of cities.
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Cats purr when they’re happy and kittens purr so their mothers can find them. But it turns out purring may be more like a snore than a smile.
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Genetically engineering plants to change colors when they encounter a contaminant could help scientists better understand their needs—and the environment.
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Scientists are getting an ever-clearer picture of the undersides of deteriorating glaciers. It’s not looking good.
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A clinical trial reveals the first evidence of how the brain restructures physically in the first month on SSRIs—and the link between neuroplasticity and depression.
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New research from two teams shows that these fleeting blips can be faster and brighter, and come from much further away, than previously thought.
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A Himalayan lake fed by melting ice just released a devastating flood in northern India. Thousands of other unstable lakes are getting bigger every year.
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As if we needed another reason to quickly ditch fossil fuels: Cleaner snow melts much more slowly.
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For the first time, researchers are testing an approach that involves replacing a mutated gene in the inner ears of children with severe hearing loss.
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Avian influenza can wipe out entire poultry flocks. An early experiment with Crispr suggests that gene editing can protect chickens against infection.
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The fish may be a harbinger of dramatic warming in the north—and rapidly transforming ecosystems.
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Humans are teaming up with dogs to eliminate the blood-sucking pests, but there's no overarching strategy, just eye-watering costs.
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The Psyche probe is heading to its namesake metal-rich asteroid. Along the way, it will demonstrate a near-infrared laser system to send high-rate data hundreds of millions of miles home.
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The comprehensive collection of 21 studies attempts to map all the brain’s cell types, and offers hope of one day being able to trace brain diseases to their genetic roots.
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Scientists finally opened the rock sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx captured a treasure trove of material from the solar system’s earliest days.
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Human donor kidneys are in short supply. A new experiment that tested gene-edited organ transplants in monkeys showed that pig kidneys may one day be viable substitutes.
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The atmosphere is rapidly warming, but the soil is also prone to heat waves. Scientists are racing to understand the consequences.
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A malaria vaccine that could protect millions of children against the parasite-borne disease is expected to roll out early next year. It follows another formula that has already had moderate success.
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Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden.
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Mini-brains that work and grow like their full-size counterparts could offer an alternative to animal testing, and advance the quest for personalized medicine.
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Last month was so hot, scientists are struggling to find words for it.
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Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO2. A Norwegian company called Agoprene thinks seaweed could be the solution.
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Covid seems to spike twice a year—but unlike with flu season, not in a predictable pattern. That could be due to the virus, the environment, or the people it is infecting.
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Trees make clouds by releasing small quantities of vapors called “sesquiterpenes.” Scientists are learning more—and it’s making climate models hazy.
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Police are hosting events to collect DNA samples that can help solve missing persons cases. But when people put their DNA in a commercial database, it can used for other purposes.
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The first human to receive a genetically engineered pig heart survived two months. Surgeons are hoping this transplant will last longer.
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The OSIRIS-REx capsule containing a “treasure trove” of space rocks has now arrived at Johnson Space Center, where scientists will gingerly unpack it.
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The OSIRIS-REx probe is carrying rock samples from the asteroid Bennu, millions of miles away. If it works, it will be only the third such retrieval in history.
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Christopher Columbus was blamed for bringing syphilis to Europe. New DNA evidence suggests it was already there. Maybe both stories are true.
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The American Climate Corps will employ tens of thousands to prepare the country for the pain ahead. But it'll need to get much, much bigger.
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The solar corona is hotter than expected, and scientists are using European Space Agency and NASA spacecraft to figure out why.
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Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to start shipping the plants next spring.
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The UN has released a draft of what might become a landmark agreement to protect human health and the environment. Emphasis on might.
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The agency assembled a panel of experts to figure out how to handle future sightings, in case the truth is out there.
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Entire neighborhoods of the Libyan city of Derna have vanished following devastating floods wrought by Storm Daniel. Such storms are rare—but climate change will supersize them.
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The latest vaccines are designed to target XBB.1.5, the dominant variant throughout much of 2023—until now.
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Harmful algal blooms are taking over as the world warms and grows richer in carbon dioxide—and there’s no easy fix.
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Following a joint “mishap investigation” by SpaceX and the FAA, the federal agency listed 63 issues that must be addressed before launches can resume at the Texas site.
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Transplant organs are scarce. Could growing ones with human cells in pigs alleviate the shortage?
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Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.
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The Vibrio vulnificus pathogen thrives in hot coastal waters, and beachgoers can contract it via a small cut or scrape. It can also kill them in two days.
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A new study shows that semaglutide reduces heart failure symptoms like fatigue and swelling by bringing down body weight.
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Investigators are eying the Lahaina wildfire as yet another deadly blaze started by electrical equipment. Putting lines underground would help—at a steep cost.
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Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures.
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Last year’s NASA mission proved it was possible to knock an incoming near-Earth object off course. But that creates debris—which might also be a threat.
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Raccoons are a main carrier of rabies in the US. A government effort distributes millions of tasty vaccines to protect both animals and people.
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Some residents of Yellowknife are staying behind to fight back wildfires that could soon engulf the Canadian city. Others have shared harrowing stories as they race to escape the flames.
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Fungal infections are rising worldwide and climate change may be to blame. Medicine isn’t ready.
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While India’s spacecraft landed on the lunar surface, the Russian one collided with it. The mixed record shows that developing a lunar economy won’t be easy.
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Gusts primed the Maui landscape to burn, then drove an out-of-control blaze. It’s a worst-case scenario that’s growing increasingly common around the world.
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Mexico and the western US are reeling from record-shattering rainfall. Blame high ocean temperatures—and prepare for worse to come as the planet warms.
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A victory for Montanans’ right to a clean, healthy environment could set a precedent for other climate lawsuits throughout the United States.
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Robotic spacecraft from both countries are aiming to touch down on the moon’s southern hemisphere, as one’s space program waxes and the other wanes.
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Ethics watchdogs are looking out for potentially undisclosed use of generative AI in scientific writing. But there’s no foolproof way to catch it all yet.
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From the Hawaii Community Foundation to the Maui Food Bank, donations to these groups aid people impacted by the recent disaster in Lahaina.
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Humans figured out how to prevent huge fires in urban areas over a century ago. Why have they gotten so bad again?
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Chronic drinking depletes the brain’s dopamine levels. A single dose of a gene therapy reset them, and stopped the craving for alcohol.
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The space agency lost touch with the beloved spacecraft following a faulty command signal. Here’s how it happened—and how engineers worked to bring it back.
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Wildfires were once rare across the Aloha State. But drought, invasive species, and human development have pushed Hawaii into a fiery new age.
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Wastewater fuels blooms of reef-smothering algae. Better engineering and an army of funny-looking fish can come to the rescue.
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Nobody knows what around a fifth of your genes actually do. It’s hoped they could hold the secret to fixing developmental disorders, cancer, neurodegeneration, and more.
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An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.
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Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.
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A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move.
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Current treatments for depression after giving birth are either slow to work or hard to get. The FDA is considering a new tablet that relieves symptoms within days.
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Snow is falling—but it doesn’t show up to replenish the river. In a drying West, researchers are racing to find out where it goes.
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When humans and a neural network viewed pieces of art, they all found the same images memorable. What those images have in common offers a glimpse into what fascinates the brain.
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This summer's extraordinary heat is but a preview of what's to come: Humidity not only makes daytime highs more miserable, it extends the hotness through the night.
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Is the system of currents that runs through the Atlantic about to shut down, creating climate chaos? Depends on who you ask.
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Extreme heat and other weather events are driving bears closer to humans’ campgrounds and hiking trails—and that’s no good for either species.
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Patients with hairy tongue syndrome—which can also turn tongues black, brown, yellow, or blue—often report gagging, mouth dryness, or bad breath.
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A UK company cofounded by an astrophysicist combines AI with radar satellite imagery to keep track of vegetation, and eventually to make forecasts about its growth.
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A small study showed that feeding deer a type of ivermectin reduced the number of ticks drinking their blood. (Yes, it’s that ivermectin. No, you shouldn’t eat it.)
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Maybe it’s a commercial jingle, a TikTok song, or a new summer bop. Here’s how to trick your brain into hitting pause.
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By early 2024, a tablet called Opill will be sold in pharmacies without a prescription, making it easier for uninsured and young buyers to access.
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Millions of years ago, retroviruses invaded the human genome. Today some of these viral remnants threaten the developing embryo while others fight to defend it.
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Flight delays, cancellations, and violent turbulence are becoming increasingly common as extreme weather ramps up. Things are likely to get worse with climate change.
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As glaciers retreat, methane-rich groundwater is bubbling to the surface. That may be warming the climate, accelerating the Arctic’s rapid decline.
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A protein secreted by seemingly dormant cells in skin moles causes hair to grow again. That’s a big—and potentially useful—surprise.
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Creating a memory takes energy, and brains only have so much. A study using snails shows how they can be primed for future learning.
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Plastic production is skyrocketing, pushing microplastic pollution to dangerous new levels. Now research shows even the Arctic is increasingly contaminated.
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Drugs like semaglutide—better known as Ozempic or Wegovy—could be lifelong treatments for obesity, but what little data scientists have suggests that people don't stick with them for long.
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The mosquito-borne disease was eliminated here long ago. Now “revenge travel,” global migration, poor public funding—and maybe climate change—could help it come back.
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An early experiment in older rhesus macaques suggests that an injection of klotho improves working memory. Could it one day help people?
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After decades of frustration, researchers have determined how an airborne scent molecule links to shapeshifting olfactory receptors in the nose.
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The spotted-wing drosophila is a threat to fruit growers across the US and Europe. Crispr could thwart the pest’s numbers.
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Poor air quality doesn’t just cause lung cancer. It may also be responsible for other cancers, strokes, diabetes, and more.
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Patients and clinicians generate huge amounts of data that could advance care. But turning the system into an R&D powerhouse means ripping up the rules.
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Early detection is crucial for treating eye disease. AI-enhanced eye scan analyses could spot warning signs quicker—and reach patients at scale.
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Virtual wards provide people with remote care and monitoring, allowing patients to go home sooner and hospitals to run more efficiently.
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Indian cities, afflicted by rising temperatures and poor air quality, are becoming hot spots of ozone pollution, which has proven a difficult problem to fix.
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The continent’s abortion laws are a patchwork of progress and setbacks. And for many, accessing the right care at the right time is still a lottery.
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Rescue teams are scrambling to find the sub, which has gone missing near the wreckage of the Titanic, before those aboard run out of oxygen.
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Humans rely on birds to eat insects, spread seeds, and pollinate plants—but these feathered friends can’t survive without their habitats.
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Faced with the difficult task of decarbonizing, some shipping companies are taking another look at a polarizing solution—nuclear fission.
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Here’s what to know about wildfire smoke and invisible pollutants, and how you can use your phone to decide whether it’s safe to spend time outside.
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Psilocybin is on the cusp of becoming legally available in Oregon—but not as a medical treatment.
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Stimulating the frontal lobes of sleeping epilepsy patients improved their recall of information—and may one day help treat Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s.
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A new technique could aid Hubble Space Telescope users, but the problem will get worse for observatories on Earth.
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More research is showing that moths are secret, critical pollinators, even of crops that feed humanity. Save the bees, but save the moths too.
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Water surging from the broken Ukrainian dam is killing animals, destroying habitats, and unleashing pollution. The effects may be irreversible.
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Canadian wildfires are spewing smoke into New York City and Washington, DC, threatening the health of millions. Welcome to the “Pyrocene.”
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The 100,000 Genomes Project has a massive database to help doctors and patients solve baffling medical cases and diagnose cancers.
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While weight-loss drugs are dialing down the urge to eat for many, others desperately need something that can convince their body to consume more.
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Scientists just figured out that thousands of air quality stations have been accidentally gathering invaluable DNA data on local organisms.
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A Sign in Space encourages the public to imagine what a real message from extraterrestrials might be like—and figure out how to interpret it.
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The injectable weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy are already popular. Oral forms could lead to even more demand.
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Hospitals are evolving at warp speed, and autonomous surgical robots are just the beginning.
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Prolonged exposure to strobe lights has a psychedelic effect, which researchers are investigating as a way to heal the brain.
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The number of oceangoing birds has declined 70 percent since the 1950s, but restoring their populations can bolster marine ecosystems that sequester carbon.
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Scientists are “watching with bated breath” to see if ice will return to normal levels. The planetary consequences could be huge.
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Allergy rates are on the rise. Blame climate change and people’s urbanized lifestyles.
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Antibody treatments clear amyloid protein from patients’ brains, slowing the progression of their disease but potentially inducing deadly swelling.
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The spaceflight sets the stage for the aging International Space Station's private successors, and for an influx of paying customers.
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Fitbits and Apple Watches weren’t designed for people with atypical health conditions. But the tech can be extremely useful—with some creativity.
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Warming waters in the Pacific can trigger droughts, wildfires, and extreme rainfall around the world, potentially leading to $3 trillion in losses in the coming years.
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The first large-scale comparison of DNA mutation rates in 68 different vertebrate species gives insights into how quickly life can evolve.
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A startup used gene editing to make mustard greens more appetizing to consumers. Next up: fruits.
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Chill materials to extreme temperatures, and their vibrations show properties that could one day be exploited to create memory in quantum computers.
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The NASA team hopes the iconic spacecraft and its twin can continue taking data beyond the solar system past their 50th birthdays. Read this story here.
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Every year, thousands of pets develop tumors very similar to those found in people. Find drugs that work for canines, and human treatments should follow.
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In 2019 and 2020, the out-of-control blazes sent clouds of smoke across the Pacific, where they brightened clouds and cooled the ocean.
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The highest alerts are being unraveled globally. But with some 7 million people dead, there are hard lessons to learn from the pandemic—and a lot of work still to do.
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A new paper showing how water actually travels through a plastic membrane could make desalination more efficient. That’s good news for a thirsty world.
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Immune cells called monocytes are triggered to help clear infection—but in some cases they never switch off, leaving patients breathless for months. Read the story here.
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The technique may finally be emerging as a way to preserve species at risk of extinction. Read the story here.
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In a remote part of the Amazon, anthropologists and neuroscientists are learning about life and health without an “embarrassment of riches.”
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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope could help resolve some cosmic discrepancies: How fast the universe is expanding and how evenly matter is distributed.
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Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country’s development goals, slow economic growth, and heighten health risks, new research shows.
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Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis.
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Studying people who live well beyond the age of 100 could reveal the secret to living longer, healthier lives. But the statistics tell another story.
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Coastal lands are subsiding and losing elevation—a “hidden vulnerability” that’s making rising seas all the worse.
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The Japanese company Ispace could be the first to safely touch down on the moon’s surface, with more spacecraft following later this year.
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Renewable generation projects are set to make this future fuel widely available. And it’s much more versatile than you think.
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The algae Melosira arctica is the foundation of the food chain, and its contamination could have major consequences for ecosystems and the climate.
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The court has given itself a deadline extension until late Friday night to decide whether mifepristone should remain legal.
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Scientists believe lasting symptoms following a coronavirus infection are not a single disorder. So new clinical trials are hunting for a range of solutions.
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The most comprehensive survey of how we share our microbiomes suggests a new way of thinking about diseases that aren’t usually considered contagious.
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The single-dose antibiotic regimen dramatically reduces transmission of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. But it doesn’t have the CDC’s blessing yet.
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A new book explores the far-reaching impact of germs and viruses on human society.
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A Fifth Circuit ruling that keeps mifepristone available, but curtails access to it, is the newest front in a battle over the FDA’s power to approve medications.
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Aquifer thermal energy storage can use groundwater to heat and cool buildings—decarbonizing homes and businesses in the process.
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Neoplants says its pothos has superior purification properties—but you’ll still need a lot of them to get the job done.
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New research shows that the cells’ garbage-clearing function deteriorates with age—and opens the door to reversing the process.
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With new satellites and programs, the agency is tackling air quality from all angles—for the health of people and the planet.
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For the first time, researchers transferred them to the wombs of female monkeys, where the embryo-like structures produced a response similar to pregnancy.
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By recreating an early state of matter called the quark-gluon plasma, scientists hope to understand the conditions that made the universe what it is today.
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Alice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, the world’s first contraception review platform, discusses the power of equipping women with information.
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Meat brewed in bioreactors is on the way, but it’s still too expensive. The solution? Add a whole lot of plants.
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An innovative research project delivers new evidence about the challenging life of astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Grail’s Galleri aims to screen for many more types of tumor than was previously possible. Large-scale clinical trials are underway.Read the article here
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Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.
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New research shows that seabirds’ ingestion of the pollutant scars their insides—a new disease called “plasticosis”—and may disturb their microbiomes.
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As climate change makes storms warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up.
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Governments are ignoring calls to stop fossil fuel expansion—despite there being little time left to avoid the worst effects of global warming.
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An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it keeps the surface beneath it 30 degrees cooler.
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The hard electrodes inserted into the brain to treat Parkinson’s and paralysis damage the organ’s soft tissue. A new invention could change that.
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The IPCC’s synopsis of the state of climate science warns that we’re running out of time to avoid ever-worsening disaster.
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The US is proposing bold action to clean thousands of “forever chemicals” out of drinking water. It’s long overdue.
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Researchers seek to develop advanced propulsion systems that can transform long-distance space exploration.
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We asked experts how to craft a more intentional, peace-filled ritual to support a better night’s sleep.
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Want to take control inside your dreams? Turns out it’s a skill you can practice.
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A new experiment pulled off the most precise measurement of an electron’s self-generated magnetic field—and the universe’s subatomic model is at stake.
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Relativity Space’s attempt to reach orbit heralds the increasing use of 3D printing in the space sector.
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It’s cellular immunity, not antibodies, that probably protects against the coronavirus’s worst effects—and scientists haven’t worked out how long it lasts.
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Avian influenza has killed millions of birds. Shots to prevent it already exist. Why isn’t the entire poultry industry using them?
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Scientists investigated a weird feature in Parker Solar Probe data—and may have discovered what drives the plasma that pervades the solar system.
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New modeling estimates that food production could add a degree Celsius to global warming. But it also points to powerful ways to make diets more sustainable.
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Faced with extreme drought, Kenya’s president approved a controversial new crop for farmers. Then the legal backlash began.
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About a dozen such consumer tests are now on the market, but the science of reading DNA for insights about longevity is still young.
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Startups rush to gain a foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting.
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One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.
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New research shows that if done right, urban farms and gardens can support all kinds of species—for the good of people and the environment.
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Atomic weapons are complex, sensitive, and often pretty old. With testing banned, countries have to rely on good simulations to trust their weapons work.
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In a factory on the outskirts of Glasgow, aerospace manufacturer Skyrora is building rockets for a space-bound taxi service for satellites.
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Electrical stimulation applied to the spinal cord temporarily restored arm and hand movement in two patients.
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The student winners of a NASA competition designed a serpentine bot that could sidewind across lunar regolith or roll down hills.
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Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions.
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The European Space Agency is exploring a unique way to dramatically cut carbon emissions by tapping sunlight closer to the source.
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Many are celebrating Australia’s decision to pave the way for these psychedelic therapies, but questions around accessibility remain.
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Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement—which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today.
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Biological amino acids could have celestial or terrestrial roots. An experiment simulated their formation in deep space—but the mystery isn’t solved yet.
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A simultaneous solution to California’s extreme drought and flooding is to bank more water underground. Send in the choppers (and a few ATVs).
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When a warm band of water develops in the Pacific, drought grips the rainforest. The Amazon, devastated by deforestation and fires, is especially vulnerable.
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These tiny organoids with working immune systems mimic the function of the GI tract and could be used to study intestinal diseases and drugs to treat them.
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The largest catalog ever collected by a single telescope maps Earth’s 3 billion stellar neighbors—and helps track the dust that warps how we see them.
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Half of the globe’s crop productivity comes from a key fertilizer ingredient that’s non-renewable—and literally washing away.
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In France, a plan to cover swaths of asphalt with photovoltaics will bring renewable energy even closer to urban areas where it’s needed.
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If you agree to provide some of your car’s battery power in times of high energy demand, you’ll get paid, and help make the grid more stable.
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The space agency gave money to researchers working on liquid telescope mirrors, a lunar oxygen pipeline, and Martian building blocks made of fungi.
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Focusing wasn’t much easier in the time before electricity or on-demand TV. In fact, you probably have a lot in common with these super-distracted monks.
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Fakery spans “beautified” data, photoshopped images, and “paper mills.” Experts and institutions are employing tools to spot deceptive research and mitigate its reach.
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Digitized archaeology is making souterrains—subterranean passages in the Highlands—accessible in a way Indiana Jones could only dream of.
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One year later, researchers are still marveling at the power of the Hunga Tonga explosion—and wondering how to monitor hundreds of other undersea volcanoes.
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Climate change is straining the world’s two favorite coffee species. Could a resilient 19th-century alternative solve the brew’s existential crisis?
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The state is ping-ponging between severe drought and catastrophic flooding. The solution to both? Making the landscape spongier.
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Need to estimate, from trillions of miles away, how likely another world is to host life? There’s a flowchart for that.
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Lab animals have long borne the brunt of drug safety trials. A new law allows drugmakers to use miniature tissue models or "organs on chips" instead.
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The hottest West Coast tech 16,000 years ago was a “projectile point” for hunting game. Though tiny, the artifact tells an outsize tale.
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ClientEarth helps shape new laws and enforce old ones to protect the planet and its most vulnerable inhabitants.
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World Weather Attribution ties disasters and extreme conditions to climate change—providing crucial leverage for legal and policy battles.
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A new study shows that as temperatures drop, nasal cells release fewer of the tiny protectors that bind and neutralize invading germs.
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Flu meds and prescription drugs have been in short supply all winter—but the problem goes back over a decade.
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Data from Sweden and the US suggests cash incentives increase uptake without denting people’s trust in vaccines or future willingness to get them.
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Last year was one of the warmest measured, say NASA and NOAA. It would have been even more sweltering if not for La Niña, which will soon fade away.
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Space agencies and companies aim to send people to the Red Planet. But settling there would be hell on—well, you know what we mean.
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Some environmentalists warn the planet can’t handle so many people, but we may need to rethink our approach to rising populations.
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2022 was a breakthrough year for xenotransplantation, a procedure that could be a lifeline for patients in desperate need of a donor.
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Holiday feasts tend to be salt-heavy—but early animal experiments are finding that overindulging in the condiment could take an emotional toll.
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Instead of cutting out chunks of the genome to disable malfunctioning genes, base editing makes a smaller, more precise swap.
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The epidemic has largely subsided, but largely because queer men seem to have learned more from AIDS and Covid-19 than the authorities did.
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Europe’s energy crisis is forcing companies to switch strategies or close down. The industry’s future hangs in the balance.
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Vast swathes of the country have been vindictively laced with explosives, threatening the civilian population both physically and mentally.
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Whale-sized shonisaurs dominated the ocean 230 million years ago. A fossil cluster offers a fascinating glimpse at how they lived—based on where they died.
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Growing crops to make plastic could theoretically reduce reliance on fossil fuels and even pull carbon out of the atmosphere, but at an enormous environmental cost.
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The answer explains why electric cars are everywhere, but electric aircraft are still a novelty.
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Big Data, drones, diagnostics—the United Nations and other groups hope to innovate the world out of a maternal and reproductive health crisis.
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During the coronavirus lockdowns, emissions of the potent greenhouse gas somehow soared. The culprit wasn't humans—but the Earth itself.
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An experiment at the Large Hadron Collider suggests there’s a chance of catching this elusive evidence as it floats through our galactic neighborhood.
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Internet-connected thermometers can quickly show how influenza is spreading—so measures to control the disease can be targeted more effectively.
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US nuclear scientists have achieved the long-sought goal of a fusion ignition—but don't expect this clean technology to power the grid yet.
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A briefcase-sized satellite will ping lasers at the lunar South Pole to locate ice and map it for future human explorers.
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The craft survived a 26-day voyage and a scorching descent. Now it’s time for NASA engineers to learn what went wrong—and what went right.
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Physicists study starlight to find whether the fine structure constant, whose value makes our universe possible, really is the same everywhere.
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Fentanyl-related substances have a bad reputation, but they could also save lives. In the US, a legislative battle to expedite research is heating up.
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How did a lunch last underwater for 10 months? The answer relates to how carbon moves in the deep sea, and has implications for fighting climate change.
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Audiology screening can be inaccessible for kids in low-resource areas. By utilizing off-the-shelf products, these scientists are trying to change that.
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Flexible e-skins could be used to measure wearers’ blood pressure, temperature, and oxygen levels in real time, assisting with diagnoses and health care.
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Gene therapies promise long-term relief from intractable diseases—if insurers agree to pony up.
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Medtech firm Earli is working on a way to make tumors announce themselves as they appear—and even provide directions to where they are in the body.
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Interstellar Lab’s inflatable BioPod is designed to help plants survive inhospitable conditions on Earth and allow explorers to settle on the Red Planet.
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As carbon concentrations rise, conditions are becoming more like they were 3 million years ago, when the area was wetter and the rain was heavier.
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The fuel can be produced by adding bacteria to spent drill holes—meaning there are thousands of potential hydrogen sources worldwide.
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For years, potential therapies that attack this brain protein have failed to help patients in clinical trials. Now—surprisingly—a new drug shows promise.
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Indoor agriculture promises to massively reduce the water and land needed to support crops. But at the moment, it only works for a tiny percentage of foods.
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By firing pulses quintillionths of a second long, physicists study the fleeting motion of an electron leaving two bonded atoms.
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New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind.
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Fossil fuels are rapidly heating the planet, but their aerosols also help cool it. Just how much, though, is a major uncertainty in climate science.
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The moniker, which honors a former agency administrator accused of enforcing anti-LGBTQ policies, has long been controversial.
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Any smartphone in any car can pick up a span’s unique vibrations. Tracking how that changes over time reveals hidden structural problems.
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The sprawling mass of suburbia has been a disaster for the environment. But now smaller, denser cities herald a renaissance in city living.
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Despite efforts to reduce emissions, the 2022 FIFA tournament is highly carbon-intensive. And its road to net-zero relies on questionable carbon credits.
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After 30 years of talk about forcing wealthy polluters to compensate those bearing the brunt of climate damage, the COP27 conference seems poised to act.
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Many people haven’t been exposed to common respiratory viruses following the pandemic, meaning they might be more vulnerable to getting ill this year.
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A small study of people with a rare disorder that prevents them from processing protein is an early attempt at creating “living” medicines.
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In a small study, researchers modified patients’ immune cells to target their particular cancer—but it only worked for a third of volunteers.
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It doesn’t take stampeding or unruly behavior to result in massive tragedies like the one in Itaewon.
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Chemists have long conceptualized tiny machines that could fabricate drugs, plastics, and other polymers that are hard to build with bigger tools.
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Scientists have already begun to observe the ecological effects of acidifying oceans on sea life. The changes ahead may be more drastic.
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The US government is funding tech to determine whether genetic alterations in a virus or pest are an evolutionary quirk—or a lab-engineered danger.
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Lubomila Jordanova explains how her carbon-reporting firm—Plan A—uses relentless data analysis to guarantee businesses aren’t greenwashing.
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Climate change is disrupting delicate arctic habitats, which could unearth frozen viruses and transport them elsewhere.
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Telescopes around the world are capturing photons from the blast, and researchers anticipate exciting discoveries ahead.
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How shade is cast reveals details of the rugged lunar landscape, allowing NASA to create 3D models for astronauts and rovers.
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A comprehensive mathematical framework treats these crinkles as elegant solutions to geometric problems.
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Keeping rodents off Santa Cruz Island is an exhausting task. But now, conservationists are getting an assist from an AI-powered surveillance system.
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In the future, remote-controlled quadcopters might mean that researchers won’t have to crawl inside volcanoes to collect carbon dioxide anymore.
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The bacteria, which contaminate poultry meat, sicken 1.35 million Americans every year. But there’s very little the federal government can do to stop it.
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East European governments are starting to distribute the tablets as a precaution, but there are limits to the protection they offer, and who might need them.
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A new study finds no correlation between research and development spending and outlandish drug prices.
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Scientists integrated tiny cell clusters called organoids with the animals’ own tissue, a step toward developing sophisticated mini-models of the brain.
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Scientists are investigating why large animals like the mule deer of Wyoming go where they go—and how humans can get out of their way.
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Sure, my telepresence robot had some issues—but for students like me who can’t make it to campus because of disability or illness, these tools open new doors.
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These pollinators can help urban gardens grow. That will be critical for cooling cities as the planet warms.
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Pathogens in soil are a danger to firefighters, but smoke may transport spores that cause valley fever and other infections into cities too.
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A new study shows that cancer patients in precarious living situations are twice as likely to die from their illness, underscoring the harms of unstable housing.
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A new and contentious five-year limit for getting rid of dead satellites could slow the growing orbital litter problem—if people actually abide by it.
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An experiment tests whether the gene-editing technology can stop the virus from replicating, which would ultimately wipe out the infection.
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The ‘Er’ grouping could help doctors identify and treat some rare cases of blood incompatibility, including between pregnant mothers and fetuses.
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The Allen Institute’s release includes recordings from a whopping 300,000 mouse neurons. Now the challenge is figuring out what to do with all that data.
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With human therapists in short supply, AI chatbots are trying to plug the gap—but it’s not clear how well they work.
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Astronomers mourn the end of an infrared observatory that flew aboard a jumbo jet. It was expensive, but it saw what Earth-based telescopes can’t.
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Illumina just announced a machine that can crack genomes twice as fast as its current version—and drive the cost down to $200 a pop.
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Desertification can wear down ancient ruins or hide them under dunes—leaving researchers scrambling to keep track of where they’re buried.
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As the Supreme Court considers the fate of American wetlands, Annie Proulx’s Fen, Bog, and Swamp offers an elegiac love letter to overlooked ecosystems.
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Worries about polio, monkeypox, and Covid-19 are rising. Here’s how to gather your health information, even if you’ve lost the paper records.
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The technique had largely been limited to editing patients’ cells in the lab. New research shows promise for treating diseases more directly.
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Meticulous turf is environmentally terrible. Yet grass does have one charm: It “sweats,” helping cool the local area.
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A global fungal pandemic wiped out amphibians, destroyed biodiversity, and ultimately increased human illness. Now a second similar pathogen is on the way.
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Recent studies have revealed flaws in the heat index. With rising temperatures and humidity, maybe it’s time for a more holistic approach.
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Neurons get a lot of attention—but researchers think this star-shaped brain cell type could hold the key to treating some disorders.
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The line to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state is snaking across central London. Could it have been done better?
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A software update can help turbines become less disruptive to their neighbors and distribute the wind more efficiently.
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Storing more water to deal with climate change seems like a no-brainer, but such reservoirs are complex undertakings with environmental issues of their own.
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The influential astronomer led the hunt for extraterrestrial signals and helped make the field of astrobiology what it is today.
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The jacket can raise and lower its own hood—without chips or batteries—and might one day help disabled wearers move.
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Many people report that their aches and pains intensify when they’re trying to sleep, but new research into the circadian clock helps explain this mystery.
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Daniel Holz studies the universe’s ultimate catastrophes. And he knows a thing or two about existential threats on Earth, since he helps set the Doomsday Clock.
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Researchers are working on an injectable that could get dormant follicles growing again. Trials on mice show promise.
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Meltwater from the island’s ice sheet is loaded with the right kind of sand for concrete production—which further warms the planet.
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The country is exploring cloud seeding, GM crops, and a multibillion-dollar water-transfer system to address its worst water shortages on record.
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Movable metal type is often traced back to Gutenberg’s workshop, but its history is far older in Asia. Researchers are using atomic-scale tools to rewrite the narrative.
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A new paper argues that excitement has veered into misinformation—and scientists should be the ones to set things straight.
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Farmers have to apply heaps of emissions-heavy fertilizer to provide crops with enough nitrogen. Scientists are looking to legumes for help.
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In some of the world’s most inaccessible places, tiny satellites are watching—and listening—for signs of destruction.
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Standardized time is broadcast by satellite networks around the world, but their signals are vulnerable to interference—so the UK is building a more resilient system.
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Two Spanish towns have built a network of towers that douse surrounding trees with recycled water—stopping fire in its tracks.
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In much of the US, donors aren’t obliged to disclose potentially inheritable health conditions. A proposed law could change that.
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As students return to school, many will find restricted campus access to abortion services and information—and perhaps reproductive care in general.
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Parched ground is less likely to absorb water and increases the risk of dangerous flash floods. But there are ways to mitigate these conditions.
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Gases trapped in lunar meteorites hint that the moon was formed out of material displaced from Earth after a planetary collision.
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Treatment options for lasting Covid symptoms are limited, but initial studies suggest hyperbaric oxygen could help.
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Climate change is making fire season worse. Now astronomers are feeling the heat.
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Hi-res imaging can help determine cause of death in very young babies—giving parents answers without the distress of an invasive autopsy.
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Researchers have found a new way to keep records of when a cell’s genes turn on and off—by harnessing systems that bacteria already use for self-defense.
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Scientists are driving around in a specialized observatory to better understand how urban heat varies not only block to block, but door to door.
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Individual choices and habits help the climate. Understanding how people think can make it happen.
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The underground excavation industry is exploring mini robots, plasma torches, and superheated gas to replace the massive boring machines now in use.
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The zoonotic disease is now spreading from person to person. But if it finds a home in new wildlife species, it could settle in to become a permanent risk.
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A new system for keeping body tissues functional after death could help make more organs available for transplant.
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In a new experiment, researchers looked for tiny flickers in the fundamental constants of nature.
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Space fans around the world can help analyze data collected by the Mars Climate Sounder.
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This summer’s heat wave knocked roads, railways, and runways out of action. But existing solutions could help shore up critical infrastructure.
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Getting a scan usually means a visit to a doctor and some giant equipment. What if that gear was wearable?
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Heavenly bodies are always in motion: Pushing back the asteroid probe’s blastoff date could require a new trajectory, longer travel time, and much more power.
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The state plans to roll out “biosimilars” that mimic brand-name versions at a dramatically reduced price.
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The strategy prioritizes inoculating an infected person’s closest contacts, but it can’t succeed without good contact tracing and enough vaccines.
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Climate change is reducing output and raising safety concerns at nuclear facilities from France to the US. But experts say adapting is possible—and necessary.
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Climate change has primed the landscape to burn. But human migration has made Europe’s wildfires increasingly catastrophic.
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After 11 people were killed and eight hospitalized by a glacier in early July, Italian scientists are asking how future tragedies can be avoided.
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Scores of bills in US states aim to block medical treatments for trans youth. But research shows that these bans could have dire consequences.
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7/26 New data shows that several types of the shelled reptiles can slow—and even stop—aging if the environmental conditions are right.
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The loss of sea ice is exposing darker waters, which absorb more of the sun’s energy. It’s a devastating feedback loop with major consequences for the planet.
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Higher nighttime temperatures don’t just make it harder to drift off, they can disrupt your sleep cycles and leave you with low-quality rest.
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As the world converts to electric vehicles and renewable energy, molecular tweaks to aluminum could improve its conductivity.
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Air conditioning saves lives. But as the planet warms, more AC use stresses the grid and drives up emissions, accelerating climate change.
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Sea cucumbers are squishy and soft. They also employ lethal strategies to protect themselves.
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The deposits discovered reportedly contain enough resources to meet global demand for 1,000 years—surpassing even China’s reserves. But experts are skeptical.
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A recent study suggests that gains during the summer breeding season are making up for losses during migration. But the insects’ fate is far from assured.
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Under the Constitution, federal laws overrule state ones. But challenges to medication abortion will test the agency’s ability to make nationwide regulations.
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Powering plant growth with solar panels instead of photosynthesis could be a more efficient way of using the sun’s energy for food. But it’s not all good news.
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Scientists are getting closer to understanding the neurology behind the memory problems and cognitive fuzziness that an infection can trigger.
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Scientists show how microbes living in a salty spring near the North Pole might resemble those that could have survived on the Red Planet—or in ocean worlds.
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Genomic analysis of ancient remains has shed light on the origins of the black death and offers insights into the coevolution of humans and diseases.
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Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful.
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From acoustic tweezers to holograms, engineers are taking inspiration from the field of optics—and riding the sound wave.
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Hesitancy, bureaucracy, inequity, and the need to explain new formulas could slow down vaccine delivery to the last unprotected group.
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Over 100 million women are estimated to use oral contraceptives, but studies on the pill’s mental health effects raise more questions than answers.
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Climate change and natural variability are making 2022 a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes.
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Mucus keeps the microbiome healthy. Now scientists have clues about how it stops good microbes from going bad.
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Researchers say that the rising number of space launches around the world will warm parts of the atmosphere and thin the ozone layer.
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In physics, experiments to answer the big questions can take decades to run—and might not produce any findings at all.
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The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off.
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The newly elected government has promised stricter emission limits and more renewables in the wake of fires, droughts, and floods.
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SpaceX must address dozens of environmental issues before it can upgrade Starbase in Boca Chica. The launch license needed for the Starship program remains pending.
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Testing, vaccinating, and contact tracing can control the virus in Europe and North America—unless complacency allows it to take hold.
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Scientists are using genomics to create high-protein soybeans and peas. Their aim? To make meat and milk substitutes that can rival the real thing.
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Instead of deleting genes, epigenetic editing modulates their activity. A new paper tests if it’s able to undo a genetic effect of early alcohol exposure.
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Researchers at the B612 Foundation’s Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data.
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A repeat encounter with Covid used to be a rarity. But now that Omicron has changed the game, expect reinfections to be the new normal.
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When faced with food insecurity, studies show that people opt for cheap, energy-dense meals that are bad for their health.
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Photons wander through snow like ants through a nest. That inspired a clever new NASA technique for measuring the fluffy stuff from orbit.
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A Finnish company says it has found a way to incorporate bone into ground chicken, lowering the production cost and environmental impact of the meat. But will anyone eat it?
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It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the most prominent experimental reactors.
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Early theories suggested an underwater landslide caused a catastrophic mix of magma and seawater. Recent evidence reveals an explosion unlike anything studied before.
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Mifepristone and misoprostol are a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, but many people around the world still don’t know these drugs exist.
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Rumbles and tides create tiny, detectable disturbances in fiber optics. The world’s cables could form a vast network for detecting earthquakes and tsunamis.
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By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory.
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A long-term study of a marsh was meant to ask whether rising levels of CO2 could help wetlands thrive despite rising seas. The plants aren’t keeping up.
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The electric vehicle revolution is gathering speed—but what happens to all those polluting cars already on the road?
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Scientists have discovered “proto-peat” forming in the Arctic as the Earth naturally sequesters carbon, but it could take centuries to mature.
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After the InSight lander studied the strongest marsquake ever detected, scientists gave the space robot a negative prognosis because of its dwindling solar power.
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Two new studies found genetic mutations that cause severe immune deficiencies are common in some remote populations, leaving them highly vulnerable to viruses.
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NASA’s EMIT mission will better analyze the grime from dust-spewing regions, a critically understudied factor in climate change.
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The seedlings sprouted in the regolith scooped up in the 1960s and ’70s, but astronauts won’t be harvesting lunar spuds anytime soon.
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Tiny wobbles in Earth’s gravitational field could help detect big tremors faster, but they’re hard to tease out from the planet’s seismic noise.
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Researchers have created autonomous particles covered with patches of protein “motors.” They hope these bots will tote lifesaving drugs through bodily fluids.
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The vast majority of tick-borne disease goes unrecorded, meaning life-threatening pathogens are traveling under the radar to new locations.
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International experts are using earthly policies as models to hash out regulations for orbiting spacecraft, from preventing conflict to limiting trash.
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The technique uses plants as fuel and sequesters the emitted CO2, removing it from the atmosphere. But scaling up would use gobs of water and land.
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Climate change and human activity are destroying the layers of fungi, lichen, and bacteria that protect deserts from erosion.
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Scientists have finally found Antarctica’s missing groundwater, which will help them predict ice flows on the continent.
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If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad.
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The nation follows the UK in permitting mitochondrial donation, which aims to prevent the transmission of rare but often fatal conditions.
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Proposals for wind, solar, and battery storage projects are running into a logjam of paperwork and grid connection issues.
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You can tell a lot about a tree by its sway, so scientists are outfitting them with accelerometers. That could help the West better manage its water.
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Young children across the world are inexplicably coming down with the liver illness, putting parents and doctors on alert.
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A startup just showed that its OncoK9 test accurately sounds the alarm for aggressive and advanced cancers. The catch? These often have no cure.
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Graphite is made in blazing-hot furnaces powered by dirty energy. Until recently, there has been no good tally of the carbon emissions.
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The open science movement pushes for making scientific knowledge quickly accessible to all. But a new paper warns that speed can come at a cost.
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With clinical vaccine trials for everything from HIV to Zika, messenger RNA could transform medicine—or widen health care inequalities.
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The autonomous aircraft have shuttled blood to rural, mountainous areas for years. A new analysis proves they’re faster than driving.
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Rooftop solar panels are gaining popularity as the UK faces higher energy prices. But lower-income people are being left behind once again.
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After three attempts to run through a test of the Space Launch System, engineers spotted a leak and a faulty valve. The fixes may delay the first Artemis moon mission.
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Volunteers are rushing to provide online counseling, art therapy, and stress relief for the more than 2 million Ukrainian children who have become refugees.
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The area around the defunct power plant has been an unexpected rewilding success story. Now attempts to monitor progress are hampered by the war.
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Brigades of volunteers are coming to the rescue of thousands of Pacific newts that perish each year as they migrate to their breeding grounds.
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Barriers are going up rapidly as border projects and livestock farming increase, but they impede wildlife migrations and genetically isolate threatened species.
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The FDA has approved daily disposables that release anti-allergy medication. Experts hope lenses could one day help treat cataracts and glaucoma.
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A microsporidian pathogen is annihilating tawny crazy ants, an invasive menace of the highest order.
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Big businesses set splashy climate targets but don’t always reveal their data. The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to change that—to protect investors.
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Changing the genetic makeup of trees could supercharge their ability to suck up carbon dioxide. But are forests of frankentrees really a good idea?
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A new proof significantly strengthens a decades-old result about the ubiquity of ways to represent whole numbers as sums of fractions.
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New research shows the snakes activate different sections of their rib cage, using their lungs as bellows to pull in air.
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A cosmic fluke helped Hubble spy Earendel, a giant star at the edge of the known universe that could tell us more about what happened after the Big Bang.
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Finding therapy and support can be confusing. Here are some tips on how to get help, from understanding insurance websites to keeping track of the bills.
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For the first time, scientists get a look at what's going on under the park's geysers. It may even help them better understand the origin of life on Earth.
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Researchers got the machine to run nearly 13 feet per second. It ain't graceful, but this powerful technique is preparing robots for the chaos of the world.
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Observatories require electricity and computing power to process data from deep space. Is there a way to make them run greener?
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Keep throwing noodles against the wall if you want, but this tactic ensures the pasta's texture is just right every single time.
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While observing fearful memories take shape in the brains of fish, neuroscientists saw an unexpected level of synaptic rewiring.
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Extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways, and factories. It’s expected to get worse.
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Hundreds of trials have been disrupted in the medical research hub. Some patients are at risk of losing their last chance at survival.
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Astronomers tried to confirm a signal from the birth of the first stars after the Big Bang. They saw nothing.
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Later this year, the agency will decide whether to allow four chemicals, which have been banned in Europe, to continue being used on US farms.
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Millions of tons of grain may not make it out of the country this year. The shortfall could spread hunger and civil unrest worldwide.
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Growing organoids in dishes and xenografts in mice lets scientists re-create a living person’s tumor—and test dozens of drugs against them at the same time.
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Researchers observed chimps in Gabon applying insects to wounds—and it’s raising big questions about animal altruism and self-medication.
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Satellites spot troubling signals that may portend a transformation from rainforest to savanna, with profound implications for the planet.
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The island nation's government joins several other European countries in dropping Covid restrictions—but not everyone is sure the timing’s right.
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A new study finds that turbines can muddle ships' navigational systems, obscuring the location of smaller boats or creating misleading images on radar screens.
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Routine shots are down for everything from measles to tetanus to polio, leaving kids unprotected and raising the risk of outbreaks.
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Most genetic research is done on people of European descent. That’s led to misdiagnoses, inaccurate tests, and missed opportunities for new treatments.
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The UN's latest IPCC report paints a dire picture for the species of Earth. But it also suggests how urban areas can help humanity face down the threat.
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The electrical chatter of our working memories reflects our lack of confidence about their contents.
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Once nonexistent in the northwest part of the state, beavers are both benefiting from and changing a warming landscape.
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Scientist and writer Camilla Pang explains what the rationality of science showed her about making better decisions, processing feedback, and feeling like an outlier.
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Researchers ran an outdoor experiment to see if diesel exhaust and ozone would interfere with pollinators’ search for floral scents.
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NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station in 2031 by crashing it into the ocean. But is there another way?
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Keeping wounds covered can help them stay clean. But if bacteria grow beneath the bandages, things can get dangerous.
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Harvard researchers used lab-grown clumps of neurons called organoids to reveal how three genes linked to autism affect the timing of brain development.
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In computer simulations, researchers have discovered that a neural network can infer the amount of matter in a whole universe by studying just one galaxy.
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The Google-backed firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.
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Alarming new research suggests warm seawater is rushing under the ice, perhaps doubling the rate of melting.
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Thousands of years ago, hydrothermal vents fed worms deep below the ice. Scientists have found 300-year-old sponges feeding on the worms’ fossilized remains.
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Some remote Pacific island nations haven't had a single case of Covid-19 for the past two years. Now they're reopening to the world, but can they handle an outbreak?
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The International Astronomical Union launched a new organization tasked with limiting reflected light and radio interference from big satellite networks.
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When species have babies with conspicuous fur, it can attract good attention—or bad. A new theory could explain why.
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The same phenomenon by which an opera singer can shatter a wineglass also underlies the very existence of subatomic particles.
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Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world. How alarming that is depends on your perspective.
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More than half of the sea now logs temperatures once considered extreme, threatening countless species, livelihoods, and the air we breathe.
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Researchers are exploring whether tech giants can precompute certain data when the grid is humming with solar or wind power, then stash it away for later use.
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As an errant SpaceX rocket booster careens toward the moon, here are some of the ways space agencies and companies are trying to deal with huge pieces of debris.
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A study found that filtration membranes formed from SCOBYs are more effective at preventing bacterial growth than commercial equivalents.
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Scientists and schoolchildren worked together to bring the tequila fish back from extinction in the wild.
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These three families gave up flying to reduce their emissions. Here's how it's shaping their relationship to people and places.
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As countries declare endemicity and drop restrictions, how does a battered and bruised society embrace a sudden return to normality?
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While the space agency didn't actually develop Tang, its R&D includes everything from robot gloves to vertical farming—with commercial benefits back home.
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The fast-moving pathogen, which has already invaded Europe, was found in East Coast ducks. The last outbreak that tore through the US killed 50 million birds.
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The marbled crayfish is a threat to the native species, but the “Berlin lobster” may also offer a sustainable food source and help stop the spread of parasites.
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These structures are a sci-fi solution to the problem of getting objects into orbit without a rocket—but you don’t want to be under one if the cable snaps.
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Germany has almost finished phasing out nuclear plants, and aging infrastructure is leading neighbors down the same path. But will green energy goals suffer?
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In the 1960s, drillers noticed that certain fluids would firm up if they flowed too fast. Researchers have finally explained why.
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The effects of the climate crisis are happening right now. From natural disasters to supply chain shortages, here's how to cope.
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New, high-resolution observations of a faint, fluffy galaxy suggest that dark matter’s not as ubiquitous as scientists thought.
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Misinformation and muddled public health messaging have failed expectant parents. Now Omicron's surge is putting both carriers and babies at risk.
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Thwaites Glacier is crumbling, and fast—if it melts entirely, it could add 10 feet to sea levels. Now Antarctic scientists are racing to survey the damage.
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A new trend in patient-centered design focuses on making environments more comfortable and less scary.
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Researchers are exploring the health benefits of literally chilling out.
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Swiss forensic geneticists analyzed DNA recovered from postage stamps dating back to World War I and solved a century-old paternity puzzle.
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Like every other aspect of our society, how we handle death and dying needs to change in the face of climate change. This method may be a path forward.
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A mathematical model shows how a thermodynamic mechanism could have made protocells split in two.
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Conservationists are teaming up with fossil experts to help the bivalves—and the state’s oyster economy—survive.
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If you're looking to the future and wondering exactly how to prepare your children for a changing world, these resources can help.
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The famous cartoon schemer has an ingenious plan to lure Bugs Bunny out of his hole—and it involves a giant magnet and an iron carrot.
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The task of 2022 will be figuring out how much action we’re willing to take and how much disease and death we’ll tolerate.
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Scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory are using monitoring equipment to track our impact on the planet more accurately than ever before.
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Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse.
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Governments and companies around the world are finally acting to create a green economy and avoid climate catastrophe.
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The pandemic should have been a wake-up call—instead, emissions have climbed once more. Here's how the US could have seized the opportunity.
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Through his encyclopedic study of the electron, an obscure figure named Stefano Laporta found a handle on the subatomic world’s fearsome complexity.
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Even ordinary actions, like tossing a tennis ball, can be extraordinarily complex to calculate. The trick is knowing what to leave out.
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The chili peppers thrived in a controlled microgravity environment. But to develop agriculture away from Earth, NASA will have to think outside the box.
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Studying how and why rhythm evolved in these primates could help unravel the mysteries of human musicality.
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Creating bespoke cells could transform testing and help develop new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
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Researchers have created jellyfish whose nerve cells light up when they fire, offering a tantalizing view of neurology before the rise of the brain.
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Climate migration is already underway. Here's how cities can prepare.
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Researchers have long wanted to capture how protein structures contort in response to light. But getting a clear image was impossible—until now.
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Clean transport needs clean vehicles. New power developments are crucial for a mass transit revolution, and each has pros and cons.
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Physicists have linked the “gravitational memory effect” to fundamental cosmic symmetries and a potential solution to the black hole information paradox.
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Taupe and cream nurseries are in vogue right now. They’re beautifully beige, but some worry they might be bad for babies.
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NASA is investing in Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman as they develop competing designs for a next-generation space station.
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In an economically developing country reliant on tourism, the rapidly eroding “smiling coast” shows the urgent need for action on climate change.
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We use video analysis to compare an animated liftoff to an actual one, proving that truth is more boring than fiction.
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Nations around the world made a vital climate crisis declaration to save forests within the next decade. Can they actually do it?
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Employer support for staff who wish to freeze their eggs has great potential—but broader support for parents still lags behind.
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Acoustic waves can detect all kinds of explosions and volcanic activity, but it’s hard to place sensors at sea—unless you’ve got a bird with a backpack.
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When ice goes, lichens and mosses move in and an entirely new ecosystem starts to take shape.
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A 5-minute assessment on an iPad could transform how we screen for dementia—or overwhelm the health care system with worried test-takers.
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At COP26 in Glasgow, negotiators can easily lose track of what day it is as they scramble to save us from climate chaos.
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This is the science of why you can recline on an array of very sharp things without getting the pointy end of the stick.
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An aerial survey in southern Mexico discovered a host of ceremonial sites that could date as far back as 1100 BC.
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Our addiction to chemical pesticides comes with a bunch of downsides. New sprays made from RNA might offer a smarter, cleaner way to wage war on pests.
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Saving California's adorable (and very hungry) sea otters helps control other species, leading to the growth of more carbon-sequestering vegetation.
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It’s a 32,000-gallon concrete tank with a wind tunnel grafted on top. With it, researchers can study the seas—and climate change—like never before.
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A first commercial test flight shows how fuel made from plants, not petroleum, could make flying cleaner.
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Astronomers with the Breakthrough Listen project scan the sky for signs of extraterrestrial life, but a promising lead turned out to be a false alarm.
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A new study shows that two captive birds had only maternal DNA and survived early development—a first for the critically endangered species.
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A series of puzzling infections has been traced to the presence of a dangerous bacterium in an aromatherapy spray.
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Fears of ecological disaster are real, but it's especially hard on people raising children. Here's what parents should know, and where to turn for help.
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Climate change has given a tiny parasite a new advantage over the mighty beasts.
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Fuel contamination forced the residents of Iqaluit to rely on bottled water—and now they're having a hard time getting rid of the plastic.
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A study of trees, some over 300 years old, indicate that precipitation levels are up as much as 5 inches compared to the early 1700s.
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Young people already know more than you might think. Here are some ways to approach the conversation, tailored for every age group.
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A new model of learning centers on blasts of neural activity that act as teaching signals—approximating an algorithm called backpropagation.
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Many young people feel like their future is in peril. To make progress on climate change, we must move past doomsday scenarios.
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The pharmaceutical giant is making its oral antiviral drug widely available for all the world. But could Covid outsmart it?
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Scientists used NASA’s Juno spacecraft to probe the massive storm, finding that it’s not as shallow as previously thought.
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The toaster-sized device could help make human travel to Mars—and beyond—a reality.
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A blood test of “NfL” proteins answers questions about damage severity that doctors—and families—desperately need.
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Tiny bits of plastic are swirling in the sky, and a new model suggests they could be subtly affecting the climate.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting a review and public hearings involving the space company's expanded site in Boca Chica, Texas.
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Shooting a web from your hands requires Spidey powers. But does keeping your grip on one of them require Spidey strength?
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RTS,S proves that shots can work against parasites. But to eradicate this disease, scientists say we need more than just one tool.
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In the new scientific (and literal) field of agrivoltaics, researchers are showing how panels can increase yields and reduce water use on a warming planet.
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The agency knows it needs to adapt to climate-driven events that will increasingly threaten coastal launch sites and other key space infrastructure.
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African swine fever killed half the pigs in China. There is no vaccine and no treatment. Now it’s in the Caribbean and on the doorstep of the US.
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Urban areas can be 20 degrees hotter than the surrounding country. But green spaces and reflective pavement can make city life more bearable.
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Deep in the mantle, a branching plume of intensely hot material appears to be the engine powering vast volcanic activity.
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Jupiter’s most enigmatic moon, one of a few ocean worlds in the solar system, will be the target of upcoming missions by NASA and the European Space Agency.
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The massive deployment of wind and solar will turn you, the humble homeowner, into a critical actor in the operation of the US power grid.
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Their incessant belching loads the atmosphere with planet-warming methane. But it’s not so simple as just feeding them gas-busting seaweed.
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Researchers developed a probe that could help farmers better understand their land by measuring the electric current from the tiny creatures in the dirt.
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Avid amateurs are generating a wealth of information on avian activity. But does that data reflect new trends in bird behavior, or in people’s?
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A set of papers show that llama-derived antibodies protect the rodent against the virus—which bodes well for making a version for people.
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A massive South Island stargazing reserve is a respite from light pollution for many species, including our own.
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Just because something has the FDA’S green light doesn’t mean it’s simple to obtain—or that everyone wants it.
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A new study of the American West shows that climate change is driving more days that are hot, dry, and windy—the perfect conditions for deadly wildfires.
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A spate of studies claim that the disease was circulating in Italy long before the pandemic—but they struggle to support the theory.Â
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A decade of work helped limit the spread of dangerous pathogens in medical settings. Overcrowding from Covid care is allowing infections to rise again.
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Overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change are driving species collectively known as chondrichthyan fishes toward a global crisis.
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Voice analysis of a 34-year-old recording proves that Ripper the musk duck “independently evolved” to mimic his human caretakers.
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Dozens of microchips scattered over the cortical surface might allow researchers to listen in on thousands of neurons at the same time.
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Human behavior has changed along with the virus and public health measures to contain it. For modelers, it’s a curveball.
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Using cameras aboard the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, Japanese scientists get a rare, close-up glimpse of a space rock’s structure.
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Studies have been small and often not great. The best info so far says don’t use it, get vaccinated, and hang in there for the more promising meds being tested.
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Cutting-edge devices used for quantum experiments have been bulky, finicky, and confined to academic labs—so far.
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From glasswing butterflies to vanishing octopuses, evolution sometimes paints with colors that aren’t there.
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The first all-civilian, all-private spaceflight splashed down off the coast of Florida.
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The new finding underscores the complexity of marine mammals’ social life and cognition. It may also help save the snoopy cetaceans.
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Deadly flooding in and around New York City dramatizes the risks to infrastructure that was wasn’t built to handle warmer, wetter climate.
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Hundreds of people are displaying similar behaviors to that of YouTube star Jan Zimmermann. Do they have a disorder or something more mysterious?
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The species' relentless invasion of the continent has taken a turn toward cannibalism.
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Now you can blame the primate brain. And neuroscientists are eager for a deeper look.
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Scientists have attached dosimeters to the reptiles so they can serve as living “bioindicators” to gauge contamination levels near the shuttered nuclear power plant.
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Children and teens have been spared the worst of the pandemic, but without vaccines they’re sitting ducks as the virus rages. What risks are they facing?
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In the movie’s video game world, a whole-body airbag protects Ryan Reynolds as he falls off of a building and onto a car. Would that … work?
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This cephalopod is the only known animal that doesn’t exhibit age-related deterioration when recalling specific events.
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The paste sticks onto wet tissue firmly by repelling blood. Surgeons hope it can save time—and lives.
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Last week, Texas health care policymakers discussed taking vaccination status into account for Covid triage. It’s a larger conversation ethicists are bracing for.
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The federal agency will allow people living with organ transplants, undergoing cancer treatments and taking some medications to get a third shot.
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A system that scans animal rehabilitation center data could provide early alerts when a disease is spreading.
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NASA is trying out sonic waves, electrostatic devices, and extra-slick coatings as ways to repel pesky space dirt.
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Monoclonal antibodies have been touted for their potential to fight off infections like Covid-19. Could they be used as contraceptives, too?
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Fires are supposed to reset ecosystems, paving the way for new growth. But human meddling and climate change have turned them into monsters.
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A new paper argues that the rise of artificial intelligence in agriculture could be the best—or worst—innovation for our environment.
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The worst 5 percent of energy producers account for almost 75 percent of the sector’s emissions.
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An invasive insect called the woolly adelgid is eating the Northeast’s forests alive. So some researchers are calling in hungry silver flies.
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Scientists used something called isotopic mapping to get a first look at how the creatures lived more than 17,000 years ago.
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The landmark assessment was dire. But it shows that by slashing methane emissions, humanity can make rapid progress in fighting climate change.
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The spin seems simple if you’re just watching it on TV. But it’s a complex move that requires understanding your center of mass.
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Muscle cells, 3D-printed lunar regolith, and le Blob will soon orbit 250 miles above Earth.
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The brown dwarf isn't a star and it's not a planet. But it's illuminating the murky borderlands that separate the two.
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Far from a failure, the sampling might actually offer tantalizing clues about the geology—and potential past life—of the Red Planet.
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Researchers recently tested whether a balloon-borne sensor could listen for venusquakes to learn about the planet's makeup.
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A new model explains the forces and body design features that limit maximum sprinting speed.
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Pinning down the number of “long-haulers” suffering from the mysterious condition is an important task. It’s also proving impossible.
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Sea level rise will soon combine with a host of other environmental factors to produce dozens of floods each fall in US coastal cities.
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Nauka’s errant firings were likely the result of human error—and they raise concerns about the future of the country’s space program and its partnership with NASA.
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With a new train line threatening its habitat, the big cat may be the key to protecting this Mexican reserve—and everything else in it.
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Hopes for a “normal” fall have been dashed by variants and low vaccine uptake. Businesses and the White House think requiring shots can turn things around.
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Wolf puppies can’t understand human gestures as well as their dog cousins. The difference could help explain what makes dogs so special.
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A new formula measures the “mortality cost of carbon,” and how much would have to be removed from the atmosphere to save a single life.Â
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Huge pyrocumulonimbus clouds just formed over fires in the West. Here’s why they could become more common on a warmer planet.
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Dozens of viruses don't use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this is possible—and perhaps more common than we think.
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The birds aren’t producing sounds at random. Some of their strategies are surprisingly similar to ones used by humans.
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These high-energy explosions, brighter than billions and billions of suns, have recently been tracked for days, upending ideas about the cataclysms that create them.
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When the invasive swine root through soils around the world, they release as much carbon dioxide as a million cars. Good luck getting rid of them.
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This robot can help a human assemble a bookcase by predicting what part they’ll want next and handing it over.
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The latest in “electronic medicine” offers an alternative to temporary pacemakers and could help reduce tissue scarring.
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Walls are meant to keep out rising seas—but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding your neighbors.
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A new report details global warming’s effect on the national park and its surroundings, including everything from its forests to the Old Faithful geyser.
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If habitable worlds exist around certain stars, they’d have just the right vantage point to spy on Earth.
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Using a novel device made from carbon atoms and a laser, researchers captured real-time electrical signals from muscle tissue.
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The ability to spot Jesus’ mug in a piece of burnt toast might be a product of evolution.
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The historic flight is only the second time that the rocket plane has carried people.
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The technique can be used to track how water flows through plants—which could be key to breeding more resilient crops in an increasingly hot, dry climate.
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The discovery could have a profound effect on cell research for many species of plants and animals, as well as the future of crops.
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The instrument reads sunlight intensity to determine carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. Its findings could help reduce our carbon footprint.
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Scale markings reveal that this weird fish's lifespan is double what scientists first estimated. That also means they’re closer to extinction than we thought.
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Don’t mess with Texans’ air conditioning. Here’s why some customers in the state had their thermostats remotely controlled.
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Humans have been draining peatlands to grow crops for centuries. It's a huge, underestimated source of greenhouse gas, scientists say.Â
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Hundreds of temperate lakes around the world are showing trends toward anoxia, becoming warmer, murkier, and less hospitable to cold-water species.
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A phlegmy film is coating the coast around Istanbul—and warmer water could be to blame.
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No matter how many videos you’ve seen of people sticking spoons to their faces, that’s just not how magnets work.
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Astronomers say a cold patch and a stellar burp are behind the star's strange dip in brightness.
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Vaccines are effective against the variant, but experts worry about states where fewer people are inoculated.
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Mesobot looks like a giant AirPods case, but it's in fact a sophisticated machine that tracks animals making the most epic migration on Earth.
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Recent studies find transplant patients and immune-suppressed people who get the shot don’t make many antibodies. But that research is just beginning.
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Meet SpaceBok, a little four-legged machine that's taking the first steps toward walking on the Red Planet's brutal terrain.
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A major new report calls on humanity to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises simultaneously. Here's what that might look like.
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Researchers have found evidence in humans that individual neurons time their firing to a deeper beat. But there’s a mystery: What does it mean?
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“Overwintering” fires smolder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world.
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Today's commercial spacecraft have a safety advantage, thanks to simpler designs and suborbital missions. But with rockets, nothing is certain.
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Making the tiny nanoparticles used in everything from electronics to paint isn't easy. But a new experiment creates order out of chaos.
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The clothing supply chain releases some 265 million pounds of microfibers that wash into the environment each year.
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Dry conditions are worsening a warm-water disease that’s sweeping through juvenile fish. Their deaths will create a future crisis for both fish and human populations.
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OK, so you might need a couple other supplies, but your best option is to do what MacGyver would do: Turn it into a scale.
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Aristolochia microstoma finds love by smelling like death. Coffin flies can’t resist.
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Restaurants are struggling to hire people, so one Jersey Shore grill employed a machine. It confirms that humans remain indispensable.
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A new report tallies the death toll from excess emissions by looking at air pollution and spikes in local ozone levels.
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Extreme weather is rapidly eroding the limestone caves where people first drew images 40,000 years ago.
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By restoring ecosystems, conservationists can help the land sequester carbon. But it's still no substitute for drastically cutting emissions.
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Coral in the Red Sea is unusually heat tolerant. The secret to its success may lie in the lucky confluence of geography and genetics.
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The tiny jellies, which arrived sometime after Henry David Thoreau, are an example of how a non-native species can coexist peacefully with its new environment.
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In early experiments, a paralyzed man with implants in his premotor cortex typed 90 characters per minute—by envisioning he was writing by hand.
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Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting—and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year.
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The spate of cases is a bad bounce—and it might show that lifting mask mandates for the vaxxed won’t be a grand slam.
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A new study shows how bug spray, flashlights, and foot traffic can spell disaster for the fragile insects.
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An enigmatic connection between the forces of nature is allowing physicists to explore the quantum side of gravity.
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Predicting the output of solar panels is tricky—but getting it right could slash carbon emissions.
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Kids as young as 12 are now authorized for Pfizer’s shot. That could make it easier for campuses to reopen this fall—but introduces a whole new set of decisions.
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For the first time, researchers were able to observe, in extra-fine detail, how neurons behave as consciousness shuts down.
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A new study shows that climate-driven sea level rise made the damage from Superstorm Sandy $8 billion worse around New York City.
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A new study says the reviled stinging insects play a critical ecological role—and their venom might even be useful to people.
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Biologists have long believed that these animals rely on magnetic sensing to migrate across oceans. Someone finally figured out how to prove it.
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Covid-19 is still raging, but so are efforts to nip its successor in the bud—thanks to data sharing, political cooperation, or a multimillion-dollar challenge.
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A hazy atmosphere makes data ricochet all over the place. Now scientists think they can use that signal to better predict severe smoke events.
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May the 4th be with you! If you're hitching a ride on the Millennium Falcon today, you should know a little bit about the bumpy physics of acceleration.
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Airports have vast swaths of empty land and rooftops. But it’s not so easy as just covering everything with solar panels.Â
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As Venice faces a four-foot sea level rise, the historic cathedral—and its marble—could succumb to damaging tides.
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Some groups of neurons process sensory data and memories at the same time. New work shows how the brain pivots those representations to prevent interference.
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Scientists crunched 20 years’ worth of satellite data to estimate the melt rate across the planet, and the news isn’t good.
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One new study found that radiation exposure didn't genetically harm future generations, while another offers insights into how radiation causes thyroid cancer.
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When flat, the structure is about the size of a twin mattress. But when it's inflated, walls widen, and a roof snaps into place.
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The six-month mission is another step toward an eventual moon landing, and the second time this Crew Dragon capsule has visited the space station.
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Kadir van Lohuizen photographed nations affected by climate change. His book documents the present, but offers a glimpse of the future.
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The Luxor finding has been called "the second most important archaeological discovery" since King Tut's tomb.
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More than a year into the pandemic, scientists and environmentalists have the first data on where disposable gloves and masks are turning up in ecosystems.
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Want to be more sociable or less of a doormat? There's an (experimental) app for that.
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Bad news: Trees emit methane, a greenhouse gas. Good news: Some are home to bacteria that can't get enough of it.
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The copter safely whirled its way up and back down, demonstrating the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
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Understanding how other animals dream could help us figure out why it’s so important to the human brain, and why it may have been preserved throughout history.
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Chamise may not look (or smell) like much, but it's actually a kind of crystal ball for understanding how badly California might burn.
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Mining companies and marine scientists want to know whether harvesting blobs of useful materials from the seafloor harms ocean life.
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At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic are floating over the western US. New modeling shows the surprising sources of the nefarious pollutant.
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Krispy Kreme is offering a year of treats to anyone who gets the Covid-19 vaccine. What if they worked off the energy on pedal-powered bike generators?
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Studies from all over the globe show short-term improvements in urban air quality, but experts are skeptical about how long they’ll last.
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Hall thrusters have been used in satellites for years. Now, they'll play a crucial role in reaching a metallic asteroid called Psyche.
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Scores of plans to verify immunity are in the works. But there are even more questions about how they’ll use data, protect privacy—and who gets certified first.
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The device may make it easier to quickly test newborns and could open the door to at-home monitoring.
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Lightning strikes in the far north could double by 2100. That means more wildfires, which could release massive amounts of planet-warming gas.
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Plant fossils from Columbia reveal the forests of the Cretaceous period were sparser and less humid than their modern-day counterparts.
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NASA tracks the microbes that live on the space station, and sometimes it discovers new ones. Those hardy bugs may offer clues about surviving long missions.
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An analysis of the 10-foot-long teeth shows that as the Arctic warms, narwhal diets are changing, and their bodies are accumulating more mercury.
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Social isolation as been linked to poorer physical and mental health, but scientists are finally starting to understand its neurological impact.Â
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Ambi Robotics is using years of research in robot manipulation to teach machines how to get a grip. The secret? Giving them suction cups for fingers.
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Moss balls sold for aquariums can hide Zebra mussels, invasive mollusks that quickly overtake waterways. The US government would like you to kill them, please.
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Called Stretch, the machine may look wildly different than its famous cousins Spot and Atlas, but it shares a ton of their DNA.
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Thousands of eagles and other fowl have died from a mysterious condition that attacks their nervous systems. Now, after decades of investigation, we know why.
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Underground peat fires refuse to die, even when flooded with water. So scientists developed a new weapon to put them down for good.
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A new study shows that concussions and other head traumas can have long-lasting effects on our health.
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A secret Cold War project led to signs of ancient life—and a new warning about the future of the climate.
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Humans dump an estimated 10 billion gallons of potential biofuel into landfills every year. Researchers found a way to capitalize on it.
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Covering waterways would, in a sense, make solar panels water-cooled, boosting their efficiency.
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Researchers used thermal radiation data to find patterns in recent eruptions—providing another metric to help get ahead of a potentially deadly blast.
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The super cool, dense particle swarm gives physicists a way to study the insides of stars and gas giants—without ever leaving the lab.
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A new map of the chromosphere’s magnetic field could help us predict solar weather patterns—and anticipate flares that wreak havoc on the power grid.
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A supernova-like explosion dubbed the Camel appears to be the result of a newborn black hole eating a star from the inside out.
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New turbines proposed for a development off Cape Cod could provide green energy, but the science of how they might affect the environment is a bit murky.
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Vaccination rollout has been a challenge across the US. These tips should help you figure out when you’re eligible, where to go, and what to expect.
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By sensing the subtle changes in the finger’s own magnetic field, this new technology could one day make for ultra-sensitive prosthetic hands.
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Showing off their best impressions of Deadpool, the animals survived for weeks without organs, only to regrow everything and go about their business.
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My mom and stepdad got their two doses. They want to know why their New Normal isn’t normal at all.
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A trove of historic records show that dredging and sea level rise are making nuisance high tides worse along the US coasts.
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In her new book, Brandy Schillace recalls the unbelievable legacy of a Cold War era neurosurgeon’s mission to preserve the soul.
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People once folded their correspondence in intricate ways, known as “letterlocking,” to keep out snoops. A fancy new imaging technique sees right through it.
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The Covidologist-in-chief says we can’t relax on masks and social distancing yet. Hear that, Texas?
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Losing any sense can be devastating, even if you never appreciated it before it was gone.
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By 3D-printing scaffolds and dipping them in microbe juice, scientists make robust structures that could one day lead to self-growing roads.Â
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The oldest DNA ever sequenced shows how the genus split off into new species.
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In a power crisis, maybe the solution is a network of smaller energy sources distributed across multiple places—like your garage.
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For millennia, humans have been chopping down trees and harvesting plants. Lab-grown plant material might change that.
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Sharing photos and location details of rare bird sightings is boosting the birdwatching community. But some worry that the exposure threatens the animals.
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These crawlers form clumps to protect the collective. Understanding their movement gives engineers a model for shape-shifting robot swarms.
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The general theory of relativity states that black holes have only three observable properties; additional ones, or “hair,” do not exist. Or do they?
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Now that we’ve gotten a look at the genomes of archaic humans, researchers are trying to determine whether our differences are due to genetics.Â
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As the agency considers sending people to the moon and Mars, it’s taking a fresh look at the research on cancer risk and recalculating acceptable thresholds.
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In order to curb the industry's prolific carbon emissions, the sector will have to transform how the material is traditionally made.
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The accelerometers give scientists information about whether animals are swimming, walking, running, or even sprinting up a hill.
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Using a camera shooting 300,000 frames per second, researchers catch the amphipod snapping its extraordinarily powerful claw.
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They talk about something called state vectors. What the heck are those, and would it really work?
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Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine can be delivered in a single dose, but it’s also slightly less effective. Who should get it?
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A modeling system called Vulcan shows that on average, cities across the country pollute 18.3 percent more than they’ve estimated.Â
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To understand how universes might inflate and bump into each other in the hypothetical multiverse, physicists are studying digital and physical analogs of the process.
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Archaeologists found the entrance to the unexplored burial shaft earlier this week.
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Testing a vaccine on children takes longer and comes with more challenges. But inoculating kids can protect an entire population.
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Mike Pence promised to land on the moon in 2024, but that’s fallen out of reach. So what now?Â
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Scientists find that cyanobacteria cause sediments on glaciers to clump, thus absorbing more sunlight. It's not great news for fans of lower sea levels.
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Three-dimensional computer simulations have solved the mystery of why doomed stars explode at all.
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Facilities that suck carbon dioxide out of the air could be powerful weapons for fighting climate change. But their deployment requires a huge wartime-style investment.
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Mega-sites need a lot of personnel and pose problems of access and equity. But other vaccination campaigns might point us in the right direction.
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No one was calling it a pandemic yet, at least publicly. Then came more troubling evidence about transmission, as the US ignored warning signs.
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Using voice-activation tech and nature-inspired soundscapes, these space are designed to give medical workers some respite from the Covid-19 front lines.
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An algorithm discovered dozens of Martian craters. It’s a promising remote method for exploring our solar system and understanding planetary history.
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Scientists say they've got 20-million-year-old evidence of giant worms that hunted in pretty much the most nightmarish way possible.
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Computational biologists used an algorithm meant to model human language to instead predict how viruses could evolve to evade the immune system.
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Scientists find an average of 40 microplastic particles per cubic meter of the northern water. The likely source? The synthetic clothing in our washing machines.
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Launching rockets from planes is a decades-old concept that never really took off. Billionaire Richard Branson thinks its time has come.
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When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottles. It's called subsidence, and it could affect 1.6 billion people by 2040.
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It won't prevent teens from later becoming smokers. But some health experts say that focusing on the risk of addicting new smokers cuts off a chance to help adults quit.
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Most claims of running on “clean” electricity come with caveats, and many technologies required for round-the-clock renewable energy aren’t quite ready yet.
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A small group of king penguins have appeared on Martillo Island in Argentina. How they got there, and whether they will stay, is unknown.
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The airplane in the movie is stripped down and doesn't have all of its brakes installed, making the calculations even more fun.
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A new model estimates that by 2100, cities across the world could warm as much as 4.4 degrees Celsius. It’s a deadly consequence of the “heat island” effect.
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Meet Bluebot, a friendly swimming robot with big camera eyes. Put a few in a tank together and they’ll collaborate to complete surprisingly complex tasks.
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Researchers slap a living antenna on a drone to give the machine an insanely keen sense of smell. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the “Smellicopter.”
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With lots of research, arrows, and an inviting color palette, artists helped transform complex research into useful information.
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The high-altitude tree is vital to its ecosystem, but it’s being decimated by a fungus. Its admirers are fusing old and new methods to bring it back.
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The most massive database of microbial gene sequences so far shows that the tree of life is much larger than we knew.
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Between glimpses of a medical cure and winning science’s shiniest prize, this proved to the gene-editing technology’s biggest year yet.
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In Washington state, scientists, coastal communities, and state agencies are banding together to manage the growing threat of harmful algal blooms.
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A team at Oxford University has reverse engineered fuel from the greenhouse gas—but so far just in the lab.
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Astronomers get their wish—new ultra-precise distance measurements between Earth and the stars—but that only intensifies a cosmic crisis.
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Researchers are putting out a call to study the potential effects of bacteria- and fungi-filled haze on human health.
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The goal of the “busy beaver” game is to find the longest-running computer program. Its pursuit has surprising connections to profound questions in math.
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Anthropogenic mass—concrete, metal, and other human creations—has grown to be heavier than plants, animals, and microbes combined. Planet Earth is not happy.
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Disinformation could thwart distribution before government messages have a chance to push back. Debunking might turn out to be everyone’s job.
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More than 50 years after its course correction failure, Surveyor 2’s rocket booster seems to have reappeared.Â
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Data from 120,000 birdwatchers in 48 countries shows forest birds have expanded their range while area occupied by farmland birds has shrunk.
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A new and potentially improved measurement of a proton’s charge radius brings scientists closer to an answer. But the issue is still unresolved.Â
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What at first seems like terrible housekeeping turns out to be a clever ploy to fend off huge predators, which can otherwise easily destroy a hive.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought incalculable suffering and trauma. But it also offers ways for people—and even societies—to change for the better.
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The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu marks a major milestone this weekend with the return of pristine space rock.
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Increasing summer temperatures are proving a menace to butter, chocolates, and baked Alaska.
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A new study tests a device that can efficiently split the resource’s water into pure oxygen and hydrogen in Martian conditions.
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Researchers loaded containers with trackers and released them in the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, giving new insight into how plastic pollution travels.
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Canada’s most endangered mammal is back from the brink of extinction—and offers hope as an “ambassador” for the conservation of less adorable species.
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It is very useful for showing data that spans different orders of magnitude—like case numbers in South Korea compared to the numbers in the United States.
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The newly measured rate of a key nuclear fusion process that forged the first atomic nuclei matches the picture of the universe 380,000 years later.
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Think you’ve got an interesting microbiome? Your body ain’t got nothing on what’s accumulated on Leonardo’s drawings over 500 years.
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A clever technique allows scientists to scan a heart and reconstruct it in a soup of gelatin. It's like making jello, only way more useful for surgeons.
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As glaciers retreat and permafrost thaws, massive landslides threaten coastal communities. Those, in turn, could trigger giant sea waves.
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The idea for solar thermal propulsion has been around for decades, but researchers tapped by NASA just conducted a first test.
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If they collide, it could cause big problems for breeding penguins and seals by cutting off their access to the open sea.
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Pfizer's new vaccine has to be stored at extremely low temperatures. Here's how things work when it gets that cold.Â
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In non-election news, Microgaster godzilla dives to find a caterpillar, forces it to the surface, and injects it with a baby that eats the host from the inside out.
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A new documentary from the German auteur examines the influence of meteorites on cultures around the world.
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Physicians have seen this recovery symptom before, but they still don’t know why so many coronavirus survivors are being affected.
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With a surge in cases, there is no safe way to travel or gather for Thanksgiving or Christmas. But if you must, here are some ways to lower your risk.
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Unlike most domestic animals, the goldfish is purely decorative.
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Peat fires smolder in the ground for months, suddenly emerging as surface wildfires. New simulations reveal their strange life, death, and reanimation.
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The US has a long history of abusing minorities for pharmaceutical profit. Messaging for a Covid-19 inoculation will have to overcome that past.
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A California team will use a robotic vehicle to study tiny seafloor creatures, hoping they might yield new compounds to fight viruses and cancer.
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Aboard a decked-out C-130, researchers measure how smoke transforms from “fresh” to “stale” and begin to parse what that means for humans downwind.
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Two decades ago, three explorers arrived at the International Space Station and marked the beginning of a permanent human presence beyond Earth.
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The DNA-cutting tool has been hailed as a way to fix genetic glitches. But a new study suggests it can remove more than scientists bargained for.
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A new study reveals that the invertebrates use a novel kind of receptor embedded in their suckers to explore their ocean habitats.
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Electrodes threaded through the blood vessels that feed the brain let people control gadgets with their minds.
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The suits worn by Washington state entomologists aren't "official" hornet-fighting armor. But they were affordable—and came up in an Amazon search.
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Mark Kelly isn’t the first former NASA astronaut to run for office, but if he’s elected he’ll be the only one to make it to Congress on his first shot.
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Scientists discover that baby bottles shed up to 16 million bits of plastic per liter of fluid. What that means for infants’ health, no one can yet say.
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People tend to focus on whether an experience ends on an up note or a sour one, even if it leads us to make bad decisions. A new study examines why.
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Researchers showed that a saline spray “treatment” reduced people’s emotional distress, even though the study subjects knew the spray wouldn’t do anything.
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If the US brought back the Great Depression’s massive worker program, it could put millions of Americans back to work—and help stave off disasters like wildfires.
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The carnivorous plant is believed to have something akin to a short-term "memory." A team of scientists has uncovered new details on how it works.
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The carnivorous plant is believed to have something akin to a short-term "memory." A team of scientists has uncovered new details on how it works.
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Normally, the 'birthplace of ice' freezes by late October. For the first time in recorded history, it hasn't. That could have knock-on effects across the Arctic.
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A new pair of studies reveals that the resource isn’t limited to large shadowy craters. That's good news for the upcoming crewed missions.
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The puny insect can withstand forces 39,000 times its body weight. Scientists just discovered its super-strength secret—which could inspire new materials.
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Nagging, giving unsolicited advice, and “ecopiety” are out. But there are better ways to get people to adopt green habits.
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An enormous new data set peers into the health of the world’s population before 2020—and how the coronavirus turned that into a global disaster.
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A new study shows that some big carnivores are getting up to half their diet from sources like trash, crops, or small mammals that live near people.
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Finnish researchers just published the first big test of the “biodiversity hypothesis”—that exposure to the microbes in dirt is good for young immune systems.
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It … let's just say it would not be good. Here, let's do the math.Â
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For centuries, scientists thought meteorites were too fantastical to exist. A new book reveals that they hold even more mysteries.
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Using a network of sensors, researchers found that the Los Angeles high-rises most likely to rock in a future quake aren’t downtown.
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Instead of shutting down all of New York City, this time officials are taking a block-by-block approach to home in on areas with increasing case numbers.
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Dozens of case reports have hinted that the coronavirus might trigger the onset of diabetes in people with no history of the disease.
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Mikie Sherrill’s new bill would tie federal reimbursement to testing result times—and reward labs for extra quick turnarounds.
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Scientists 3D-printed sea turtle eggs and stuffed transmitters inside. When poachers pulled them out of nests, the devices tracked their every move.
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During Day 3 of WIRED25, the public health rock star emphasized the importance of masks, distancing, handwashing … and a positive outlook.
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On Day 3 of WIRED25, Audrey Tang explains how the Asian nation used open data and transparent governance to empower its citizens to code their own way out of a pandemic.
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Patients have long reported the sudden inability to smell. But restrictions on in-person exams are complicating efforts to figure out what's going on.
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Curling is one of the world's most precise sports. An ice-going, stone-throwing robot just mastered it.Â
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On Day 2 of WIRED25, coder Avi Schiffmann talks about his plans for a site that aggregates candidates' positions—in a way users can understand.
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A clever new system called Whale Safe listens for the cetacean chorus to alert vessels to slow down, potentially preventing deadly ship strikes.
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The return of non-Covid respiratory illnesses is putting a new strain on testing supplies around the world—and is a preview of what’s in store for the US.
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For one thing, let's build a model of air drag and how it affects the ball differently when it's traveling faster and slower than the speed of sound.
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Thousands of migrating birds have died, perhaps starved by drier conditions related to climate change or by having to fly inland to avoid wildfire smoke.
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When the San Francisco Bay Area locked down, urban noise levels plummeted. In response, the white-crowned sparrow changed its tune.
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Researchers have long experimented with “lean burn” engines, which boost efficiency and reduce the emissions from combustion. But getting them to ignite is tricky.
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A growing number of studies are raising concerns about the coronavirus’ long-term effects on the heart. Athletes especially need to heed the warnings.
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Blazes on the West Coast are spewing a haze clear across the country. Along the way, the complex chemistry of what we inhale gets even more complex.
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Despite a lack of scientific studies on its efficacy for Covid-19, interest in the treatment has surged alongside case numbers.
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Shape memory alloys and a kind of plastic crystal chill quickly under force or pressure. They could lead to eco-friendly fridges and air conditioners.
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When you wash denim, tiny fibers shed and flow into the environment. Scientists just found that Arctic waters are now loaded with little bits of jeans.
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Sure, it was wildfire smoke that made parts of California and Oregon change hue. But inside that smoke was alchemy—the chemistry and physics of molecules and wavelengths.
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Catastrophic wildfires are spewing smoke all over the West Coast. This website lets you track the respiratory crisis in real time—with a few caveats.
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Starting at a corner, could you walk around the surface of this Platonic solid without crossing other corners? To get the answer, you need an 81-holed doughnut.
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Hospitals in the US are already stressed. Now, they must brace for a wave of flu patients needing more beds, lab tests, and ventilators.
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On a “body farm,” researchers are exploring whether the nutrients from human cadavers can change the look of plants, which authorities might use to locate missing persons.
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They migrated north to escape the heat but lost their genetic diversity, making them vulnerable to extinction. Today, some species face the same problem.
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In a recent study, scientists could tell if people were intoxicated just by looking at their phones’ motion data.
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Unoccupied buildings, abandoned during the coronavirus shutdowns, give fungi a great opportunity to move in.
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California’s blazes have sent a haze across the United States. An experimental model shows where that cloud ends up.
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The state's apocalyptic blazes have burned 2,000 square miles in 10 days. Here's how they almost claimed a 130-year-old astronomical icon.
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Sparked by freak thunderstorms, the blazes changed wind patterns and could potentially lead to fire tornadoes and pyrocumulonimbus clouds.
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Musk tweeted that his “V2” update will blow our minds. But how close is he to putting computer chips in them?
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Formula has come a long way, but it still lacks many nutrients and takes a toll on the environment. A few companies are hoping to provide an alternative.
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Many seniors, veterans, and chronically ill people rely on the USPS for prescriptions and medical supplies. During Covid-19, they can’t just go to a drugstore.
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Reducing the cobalt content in lithium-ion batteries is good for the environment, human rights, and maybe even the performance of the battery itself.
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As temperatures soar into the the triple digits, the Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance says such names will spark public awareness and encourage safety measures.
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Rare thunderstorms have peppered the California landscape with conflagrations, pouring smoke into the Bay Area—all as the state struggles with the pandemic.
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Scientists calculate that the top 200 meters of ocean alone contains up to 21 million metric tons of plastic. And that wasn't even counting microfibers.
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A cable cut a large gash into the radio telescope this week and it’s uncertain when it will be back in working order.
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Solar facilities kill tens of thousands of birds every year, and no one is quite sure why. An artificial-intelligence-powered birder is on the case.
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A group of ecologists and biologists say the world's ticks, leeches, and tapeworms need love and conservation, too. Now they've got a 12-point plan.
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New computer simulations model an alternate way of thinking about the cosmos: as a cyclic universe that has no beginning or end.
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More than a billion tons of it could enter the environment in the next 20 years. It's time, advocates say, to put a sin tax on single-use plastic.
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A new model of photosynthesis points to an evolutionary principle governing light-harvesting organisms that might apply throughout the universe.
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Regimbartia attenuata doesn’t take too kindly to being eaten. Once locked inside a frog’s maw, it turns around and starts heading for the exit.
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Modern scholars have only been able to speculate about where the huge stones came from—until now.
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The poetry editor of The Journal of the American Medical Association talks about medicine, metaphor, and how literature can even improve patient outcomes.
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The movement of demonstrators echoes the fluid collective responses of the animal world, as groups respond to threats and signal across large spaces.
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In 2015, Oak Ridge National Laboratory produced the first plutonium fuel in the US in nearly 30 years. Now it’s headed to another planet.
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Researchers collected sediment thousands of feet deep, filtered out bacteria, and revived the cells. But fear not—the destruction of humanity by ancient microbes is not nigh.
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There are hundreds of trials currently in the works. Here’s everything you need to know about the ones edging ahead in the global race.
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Is this your card? A recent study found that participants will select the suit or number they were primed to choose.
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A new experiment on how rapidly atoms can tunnel through a barricade revives a physics debate about how time passes on the quantum scale.
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Seismometers pick up human activity, like driving. When Covid arrived, scientists watched that global seismic noise plummet by 50 percent.
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Even with immediate action, 710 million metric tons of plastic will enter the environment in the next two decades, scientists show. Welcome to Plastic Planet.
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It’s hard enough to get an autonomous vehicle to work on Earth. It’s even harder on another planet.
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Early results from the team in the UK show their approach is safe and provokes an immune response. But that doesn't mean it works.
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Electric vehicle makers hope to roll out super long-lasting batteries. That raises interesting questions about resources, performance—and a battery's second act.
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These creatures have evolved special "nanobodies" that may have an edge over human antibodies when it comes to developing a new treatment.
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When you drive, tiny bits of plastic fly off your tires and brakes. Now scientists have shown how all that road muck is blowing into “pristine” environments like the Arctic.
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It’s not useful to think about coronavirus coming in synchronized surges. This is a long, lingering epidemic that is only just getting started.
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Honestly, you should just be disinfecting your reusable bags—the real issue is airborne virus, not infected shopping totes, experts say.
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Four-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis and psychological scientist Julia Shaw explain how to boost your memory skills.
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A massive, intense heat wave is settling over the continental US. The ravages of the Covid pandemic are going to make it all the more deadly.
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Researchers have been looking beyond antibodies to understand how immunity to the new virus might work—and how to design a vaccine.
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A new tracker from Harvard’s GenderSci Lab is the first to consolidate sex-separated data from across the US. It may help researchers solve the mystery.
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If NASA's Perseverance rover finds life on the Red Planet, there's a good chance our first extraterrestrial encounter will be a little ambiguous.
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Researchers are discovering that magnetic fields permeate much of the cosmos. If these fields date back to the Big Bang, they could solve a cosmological mystery.
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A quarter-billion years ago, huge volcanic eruptions burned coal, leading to the worst extinction in Earth’s history. Here’s how scientists hunted down the evidence.
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When humans see purple, we’re really seeing a blend of red and blue light. Hummingbirds see purple plus ultraviolet—and lots of other nonspectral colors.
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Triso particles are an alien-looking fuel with built-in safety features that will power a new generation of high-temperature reactors.
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Today a Senate committee will hear about a bill that would help farmers adopt practices to release less carbon from the soil, reducing planetary warming.
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Engineers are turning to generative design algorithms to build components for NASA’s next-generation space suit—the first major update in decades.
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Without a DNA sequencer, two Los Angeles entomologists relied on two of biology’s oldest tools: microscopes and lots of free time.
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Tiny bits of plastic are corrupting every corner of the planet. The major culprits: cheap synthetic clothing and washing machines.
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Every summer, an atmospheric event propels desert dust thousands of miles across the Atlantic. This year is particularly bad, and timed terribly with Covid-19.
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Later this year, astronauts on the American module of the ISS will be able to test out the toilet before NASA puts it on crewed vehicles for deep-space missions.
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A new study estimates that there might only be 36 communicating extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy. But that number doesn’t tell the whole story.
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Public health experts think Covid-19 risk is lower outside, and restaurateurs want to fill tables. It’s an easy solution—except for all the hard parts.
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Health experts want a 9/11 Commission-style report on the US pandemic response. They say we must forecast and prepare for outbreaks as we do for wars or weather.
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So far, no studies have shown that the anti-malarial drug can fight Covid-19, and agency officials say its potential benefits do not outweigh its risks.
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Boston Dynamics is finally making its mechanical canine available for businesses and developers. But know that this puppy ain't for everyone.
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Bristol Bay is heating up, killing fish as they try to swim upriver to spawn. It's a harbinger of climate change and hard times for fisheries.
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The origin of these explosions of radio waves has long been an astrophysics mystery. Now one has been traced to an ultra-dense spinning magnetized stellar core.
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This year, coal usage has dropped in the US, and renewables now generate more electricity. To some experts, the financial crisis is a clean energy opportunity.
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Microbes are well known for working together in stressful environments. Scientists wanted to see how they would fare at a labyrinthine brain teaser.
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There’s a difference between people who never develop symptoms and people who just don’t have them yet. And that matters when calculating public health risk.
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The structure, believed to have served as a ceremonial center 3,000 years ago, was discovered in Tabasco, Mexico.
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Sure, large crowds already carry a risk of transmission. It's just worse when you teargas people, make them cough on each other, and bus them to jail.
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Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, more doctors are turning to telemedicine. That's a problem for tens of millions on the wrong side of the digital divide.
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Passenger jets and cruise ships normally gather key weather data. But full docks and empty skies make it hard to predict the details of incoming storms.
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To go that fast, it would need a ridiculous amount of fuel—and even then, it might never come back down.
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The simplest hygiene tasks are the toughest to maintain—take it from the health care experts who have advice about how to make the habit stick.
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Worried about infiltration from extremist groups or police surveillance, residents are turning to pre-internet tactics to help protect homes and local stores.
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A new analysis revealed what scientists believe is a passage from the book of Ezekiel.
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Notice you've been elongating your words lately? You're actually loading them with a whooooole lot of meaning.
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The Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to rethink how cities are designed—and make them better equipped to stop disease from spreading.Â
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It's not easy to relax in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. But there are some simple tips and techniques that can help you get some shut-eye.
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Robert Crippen is the only living NASA astronaut to have flown on a new spacecraft for the first time. The Crew Dragon flyers will join his elite club this week.
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When seasonal blazes descend on California, millions could be inhaling smoke, which is known to predispose people to lung diseases.
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Urine can be used for landing pads, gardens, and drinking water. But will there be enough to go around?
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Similar situations after natural disasters offer clues about the potential academic and mental health impacts of lockdowns.
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Some regions, like the US and the UK, have seen their outputs fall by a third, due in large part to people driving less.Â
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Walk like you're angry, and the emotionally intelligent machine will give you more room, leaving your personal bubble intact.
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Physicists have long known that the universe is made from two kinds of particles: fermions and bosons. Now there's a third that behaves totally differently.
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The idea of beaming solar energy to Earth with radio waves is decades old. But this weekend, the technology gets its first test in orbit.
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As restaurants have shuttered, the rats who depend on an eternal garbage buffet are becoming more bold and competitive—and looking for new homes.
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Multiple structures now keep the river from roaring into the Atchafalaya—but they may be inadequate against climate change.Â
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It’s time to reconsider these earnest events—and find ways for kids to experience the joyous, collaborative nature of real scientific discovery.
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Caddisfly larvae typically construct protective cases out of sand grains and silk. Now they're also using microplastic particles.
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Harold White left NASA in December to join a new nonprofit focused on building the technologies to bring humans to the outer solar system and beyond.
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Covid Coach, from the National Center for PTSD, offers exercises and resources for dealing with uncertainty, isolation, and unemployment.
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For those quarantined alone, the lack of human touch can feel agonizing. A neurological phenomenon called "skin hunger" explains why.
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Blood centers across the nation are trying to get antibodies from coronavirus survivors to patients who want this experimental treatment. But it’s not easy.
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Fast laser pulses produce a shock wave in air that pushes water vapor aside. That clears channels in clouds for transmitting optical data from satellites.
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Today, petroleum producers around the world will start shutting down wells after the Covid-19 pandemic caused demand to plummet. What took them so long?
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Epidemiologists aren't surprised that virus was spreading in the US in early February. But those early days offer lessons for how to catch the next wave.
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Conway, who passed away on April 11, was known for his rapid computation, his playful approach, and solving problems with “his own bare hands.”
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After his accident, Ian Burkhart didn’t think he’d ever be able to move or feel his hand again. A small chip in his brain changed everything.
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Boston Dynamics' famously deft robot gets a job screening patients at a hospital. But there's still much that it and other medical robots can't do.
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A decade after the worst oil spill in US history, researchers have turned out a massive data set charting the health of the ecosystem.
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It’s hard for humans in New York City to get a test for the coronavirus. So when a Bronx Zoo tiger tested positive for Covid-19, it invited some questions.
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Two preprints of California serosurveys offer surprising estimates about the infection rate, and have caused a Twitter “peer review” uproar.
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Oxygen is in the air. Getting it to a Covid-19 patient struggling to breathe can be trickier than it seems.
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As coronavirus takes hold and farmers plant crops, the continent faces a new wave of locusts 20 times larger than one earlier this year.
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The scientific method isn't perfect, but it's better than the alternative when lives are at stake.
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A new Harvard study models how long we’d have to keep social distancing if the virus turns out to be seasonal, like its coronavirus cousins. It could be years.
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The end result of the reaction is a raw material that can be reused in new products.
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If knowing someone who has died would make the pandemic concrete for someone in the US—real and actionable—how many have to die? Here's the grim math.
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Researchers use models meant for infectious diseases to show how congestion proliferates. That may mean a vaccine for traffic jams is on the horizon.
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Instead of coding a mechanical quadruped's movements line by line, Google researchers fed it videos of real-life pups. Now it can even chase its tail.
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Putting a price on emissions has become a bipartisan issue. Now we just need to do it the right way.
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We've been talking about the potential for the sun's energy for decades. Now it can be more profitable to save the planet than to ruin it.
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Rice has the biggest carbon footprint of any grain. Bite by bite, bacteria-guzzling minnows can make it much smaller.
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Installing an array on your roof is environmental exhibitionism—and it's contagious.
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A new competition challenges scientists to innovate on how we map Earth's constantly shifting magnetic field—and make navigation safer and more accurate.
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You're not the only one who finds #quarantinebaking so soothing. Turns out, it has a lot to do with the neuroscience of mindful meditation.
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As health care workers prepare for surges of Covid-19 patients, they must grapple with the ethics of rationing critical medical gear.
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While it might seem wasteful to test the seemingly-healthy, tracking antibodies could show how widely the virus has spread—and who may now be immune.
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The national railroad system converted a TGV high-speed train to move 20 Covid-19 patients from Strasbourg to calmer hospitals in the Loire Valley.
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When American whiskey evaporates, it leaves behind webs, or fingerprints of sorts, that could help sleuths identify counterfeit swill.
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We've been led to believe that robots and AI are replacing humans en masse. But this economic catastrophe is blowing up that myth.
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A 100-year-old way to beat disease could help researchers figure out how to harness the antibodies from earlier patients to help the newly infected.
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“Virtual visits” can be an effective way to decide who needs to be tested for Covid-19. But remote doctors can't diagnose or treat illness.
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Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need with lots more testing.
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Prestige Ameritech typically makes 250,000 masks a day. Now it's manufacturing 1 million daily, and turning away orders for 100 million more.Â
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Hollywood tells us humans are prone to lose all rationality in a disaster, looting and trampling one another. But that’s not giving our brains any credit.
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Researchers looked at how long the virus can survive on cardboard, plastic, and stainless steel, as well as after being aerosolized and suspended in midair.
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Everything you need to know about the coronavirus.
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Scientists Chase Snowflakes During the Warmest Winter Ever
The Sea Is Getting Warmer. Will the Shrimp Get Louder?
How UFO Sightings Became an American Obsession
Plane Contrails Have a Surprising Effect on Global Warming
Hungry Animals Can Change How Badly a Landscape Burns
Think Flash Floods Are Bad? Buckle Up for Flash Droughts
Spit Kits, Sperm Donors, and the End of Family Secrets
Did a Woman Get Coronavirus Twice? Scientists Are Skeptical
This Clever Robotic Finger Feels With Light
Katherine Johnson’s Math Will Steer NASA Back to the Moon
So, Amphibians Glow. Humans Just Couldn't See It—Until Now
Glowing Amphibians, Extreme Weather Satellites, and More News
Australia's Bushfires Completely Blasted Through the Models
Bezos’ Earth Fund Should Invest in These Green Technologies
How a Princess Cruise Became a Coronavirus Catastrophe
Want to Look Inside a Brain? With Transparent Organs, You Can
The Atlantic Ocean's 'Conveyor Belt' Stirs Up a Science Fight
'Baby Talk' Can Help Kids Learn Language (Oh Yes It Can!)
Psychedelic Fiber Offers a New Twist on the Science of Knots
A Car ‘Splatometer’ Study Finds Huge Insect Die-Off
This Marsupial Dies After Marathon Mating. Now It's Got Bigger Worries
NASA Puts a Price on a 2024 Moon Landing
Europe’s Solar Orbiter Begins Its Journey to the Sun
The Terrifying Science Behind the Locust Plagues of Africa
The Secret to Blowing Massive Soap Bubbles
A Promising Crispr Trial, Happy-ish Tesla Investors, and More News
Crispr'd Cells Show Promise in First US Human Safety Trial
Permafrost Is Thawing So Fast, It’s Gouging Holes in the Arctic
A Bionic Jellyfish Swims With Manic Speed (for a Jellyfish)
A Tiny Glass Bead Goes as Still as Nature Allows
Coronavirus Research Is Moving at Top Speed—With a Catch
A Spinning Rocket Slinger, a Bionic Jellyfish, and More News
Would the Coronavirus Quarantine of Wuhan Even Work?
Spot the Robot Dog Trots Into the Big, Bad World
The Most Complete Brain Map Ever Is Here: A Fly's 'Connectome'
A Robot Dog With a Job, a Noise-Canceling Car, and More News
Athletic Authorities Must Reckon With Racing Tech Again
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Could China's New Coronavirus Become a Global Epidemic?
Pop Culture May Evolve at the Same Rate as Birds and Bugs
Scientists Fight Back Against Toxic ‘Forever’ Chemicals
Meet Xenobot, an Eerie New Kind of Programmable Organism
A Feral Cat Infestation, Swarms of Snake Emoji, and More News
Cats Are Making Australia's Bushfire Tragedy Even Worse
Australia’s Wildfires Might Intensify Future Climate Crises
Scientists Made a Nearly Invincible Lithium-Ion Battery
The FDA Announces Two More Antacid Recalls Due to Cancer Risk
Wildfires Are Obliterating Australia's Iconic Ecosystems
Does Dark Energy Really Exist? Cosmologists Battle It Out
Science Explains Why We Should All Work Shorter Hours in Winter
How the Extreme Art of Dropping Stuff Could Upend Physics
Whales Help Explain the Evolutionary Mystery of Menopause
Now Entering Orbit: Tiny Lego-like Modular Satellites
It's Not Just You—Wild Swings in Extreme Weather Are Rising
This Cave Contains the Oldest Story Ever Recorded
Giant Surveillance Balloons Are Lurking at the Edge of Space
We Might Not Be Planting the Right Kinds of Forests
The practice of science is about progress: Crafting knowledge out of hunches and experiments, finding life-saving remedies, informing sound policies. It doesn't always go as planned.
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Got the Flu? These Doctors Really Want to See You—Virtually
Acidifying Oceans Could Eat Away at Sharks' Skin and Teeth
New Tests Use Epigenetics to Guess How Fast You're Aging
What a 5,700-Year-Old Piece of Gum Reveals About Its Chewer
Traveling for the Holidays? Here's How to Not Get Sick
Mathematician Terence Tao Cracks a ‘Dangerous’ Problem
Nature Deserves Legal Rights—and the Power to Fight Back
Forget Earth: In Space, Libertarian Ideas Are Thriving
The Next Nuclear Plants Will Be Small, Svelte, and Safer
Scientists Find a Weak Spot in Some Superbugs' Defenses
Melting Ski Resorts Have a Snow Machine Problem
Physics Explains Why You Can’t Open a Plane Door in the Air
The Arctic Is Warming Much Faster Than the Rest of Earth
How to Get Solar Power on a Rainy Day? Beam It From Space
SpaceX Will Bring the Science of Fire and Beer to the ISS
A New Way to Make Comfy, Durable Smart Garments
Stop Obsessing Over Sleep—Your Brain Will Thank You
SUVs Are Worse for the Climate Than You Ever Imagined
Our Planet May Be Barreling Toward a Tipping Point
Climate Change Is Brutal for Everyone, But Worse for Women
Why Robots Should Learn to Build Crappy Ikea Furniture
Are Saturn’s Rings Really as Young as the Dinosaurs?
What Makes an Element? The Frankenstein of Sodium Holds Clues
A Solar 'Breakthrough' Won't Solve Cement's Carbon Problem
Hey Surgeon, Is That a HoloLens on Your Head?
Astronomers Detect Water Vapor Around Jupiter's Moon Europa
Can Fake Horns Save the Rhino? That's … Extremely Thorny
Pinterest Has a New Plan to Address Self-Harm
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The EPA's Anti-Science ‘Transparency’ Rule Has a Long History
The Enduring Power of Asperger's, Even as a Non-Diagnosis
A Scientist's Tiny Black Hole Brings the Cosmos Into the Lab
Adam Savage on Juggling and How Obsession Makes You Smarter
Fish are dying and Surface users are crying, but first: a cartoon about a modern-day death wish. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less.
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Baby Fish Feast on Microplastics, and Then Get Eaten
Aerial Scans Help Bust California's Worst Methane Leakers
Icelandic Walruses May Have Been Early Victims of Human-Driven Extinction
Not quite an e-cigarette and not the old paper kind either, the Iqos is the latest controversial device to enter the vaping wars.
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This Martini Wants to Kill Climate Change One Sip at a Time
SpaceX and Boeing Still Need a Parachute That Always Works
Do We Need a Special Language to Talk to Aliens?
If You Want a Robot to Learn Better, Be a Jerk to It
The Delicate Art—and Evolving Science—of Wildfire Evacuations
Trump Can Now Exit the Paris Accord. It's Still a Bad Idea
Where Do Hippos Wander? An Aquatic Mystery, Solved
Here’s What Happens When You Leave Weed Up Your Nose for 18 Years
How the Measles Virus Induces ‘Immune Amnesia’
Bees, Please: Stop Dying in Your Martian Simulator
Scientists Now Know How Sleep Cleans Toxins From the Brain
NASA is Getting Serious About an Interstellar Mission
Scientists Take Baby Steps Toward Extraterrestrial Babies
Technology Will Keep Us From Running Out of Stuff
California’s Wildfires Are the Doom of Our Own Making
We Should Just Build Giant Telescopes ... in Space
A Secret Space Plane Just Landed After a Record Stay in Orbit
Ocean Cleanup’s New Plastic-Catcher … Kinda Already Exists?
Kincade Fire: The Age of Flames Is Consuming California
Can We Plant 20 Million Trees for 2020? The Math Says Yes
The Most Diabolical Race and the Rise of Women Endurance Stars
Why Did Oklahoma’s Sooner Schooner Tip Over?
NASA Wants to Send a Probe to the Hellish Surface of Venus
NASA's New Space Suits Will Fit Men and Women Alike (for Once)
The Bizarre Aye-Aye Isn’t Giving Us the Finger After All
Scientists Are Literally Spinning Up Lab-Grown Meat
Andrew Yang Wants a Thorium Reactor by 2027. Good Luck, Buddy
A New Crispr Technique Could Fix Almost All Genetic Diseases
How Chaos Will Unfold if Trump Opens the Tongass to Logging
All Hail the Blob, the Smart Slime Mold Confounding Science
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Opinion: Brain scans, aided by AI, reveal as much about you as your DNA. Grappling with their ethical implications is vital to scientific integrity.
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A new measurement seems to eliminate an anomaly that has captivated physicists for nearly a decade.
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New shape-shifting liquids can move or morph on command. One scientist even used them to make liquid cables for his headphones.
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If successful, India will become the fourth country to put a lander on lunar soil. The spacecraft will then collect data on the south pole's many mysteries.
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Called the eDumper, the massive truck relies on regenerative braking to recover some of its energy as it slows down. Let's break down the physics.
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A new paper tracked possible bias among scientists awarding prestigious research positions.
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Researchers quantify the emissions of every road and building in the nearly 5,000 square miles of the Los Angeles metro area. Your city could be next.
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The country was going to start a herd of genetically dehorned cows. Then errors in the cows' DNA cropped up.Link
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The first anatomically correct model of the visual cortex seeks to capture how the brain sees the world.
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An investigation into respiratory illnesses connected to e-cigs by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turned up the first known death this week.
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At the core of Brazil's out-of-control fires in the Amazon is deforestation. Here's how human meddling fundamentally transforms a rainforest.
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Economic activity appears to be causing the rainforest to burn, unlike the other epic fires ravaging the world.
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7/26 PM Here’s How Elon Musk Plans to Stitch a Computer into Your Brain
An Alien-Hunting Tech Mogul May Help Solve a Space Mystery
The Sea Is Consuming Jakarta, and Its People Aren't Insured
What Happens When Reproductive Tech Like IVF Goes Awry?
7/19 Headed to Mars? Pack Some Aerogel—You Know, for Terraforming
The Strange Saga of the Butt Plug Turned Research Device
Virgin Orbit is dropping rockets out of a Boeing 747, Nintendo is switching up the Switch, and a new design could make the middle plane seat tolerable. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less.
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Trees Emit a Surprisingly Large Amount of Methane
Tropical Storm Barry Pits New Orleans Against Water—Again
How Phone Taps and Swipes Train Us to Be Better Consumers
Why Dogs Now Play a Big Role in Human Cancer Research
Virgin Orbit Just Dropped a Rocket From a Boeing 747
NASA Needs to Out-Crazy Elon Musk
The Meat-Allergy Tick Also Carries a Mystery Killer Virus
The Colorful Science of Why Fireworks Look Bad on TV
An Itty-Bitty Robot That Lifts Off Like a Sci-Fi Spaceship
How Extreme Heat Overwhelms Your Body and Becomes Deadly
The Debates Will Be About Climate—Disguised as Other Issues
Desalination Is Booming as Cities Run out of Water
NASA Will Send a Helicopter to Hunt for Life on Saturn's Biggest Moon
Want Your Kid to Play Pro Soccer? Sign Her Up for Basketball
Senators Try—Again—to Solve the Nuclear Waste Debacle
The Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke May Last a Lifetime
What Could Possibly Be Cooler Than RoboBee? RoboBee X-Wing
A New Kind of Space Camp Teaches the Art of Martian Medicine
Fitted With Sensors, Antarctic Seals Track Water Temperatures
We Need a Data-Rich Picture of What's Killing the Planet
Neptune Is a Windy, Chilly, and Baffling Planet. Let's Go!
Lawyers in a Murder Trial Clash Over a DNA Forensics Method
This Robot Fish Powers Itself With Fake Blood
The Midwest's Farms Face an Intense, Crop-Killing Future
The Physics of Actually Flying Around in an Iron Man Suit
These Sumptuous Images Give Deep Space Data an Old-World Look
A New Fuel for Satellites Is So Safe It Won’t Blow Up Humans
Remembering Gabriele Grunewald, Who Ran For Herself and Others
Blame Utilities for Wildfires. But Blame Everyone Else Too
Estimate the Energy of an Utterly Massive Wind Turbine
The Top Secret Cold War Project That Pulled Climate Science From the Ice
Here’s What a $52 Million Ticket to the ISS Will Get You
This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Once seen as spooky sci-fi, geoengineering to halt runaway climate change is now being looked at with growing urgency.
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New Space Telescopes Could Look Like Giant Beach Balls
The First Murder Case to Use Family Tree Forensics Goes to Trial
The Heady, Thorny Journey to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
NASA is welcoming for-profit companies to space, Californians are slipping out of their measles vaccinations, and we've got some Father's Day gift ideas for you. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less.
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California’s Vaccination Rate Slips as Medical Exemptions Rise
Monterey Bay Is a Natural Wonder—Poisoned With Microplastic
What to Do About CO2? Try Stuffing It Into the Gulf of Mexico
Telemedicine Makes It Safe to Get Abortion Drugs in the Mail
A Mythical Form of Space Propulsion Finally Gets a Real Test
Drugs That Boost Our Circadian Rhythms Could Save Our Lives
Tired: Eating Bugs. Wired: Eating Bug Meat Grown in a Lab
The Military Is Locked in a Power Struggle With Wind Farms
A Study Exposes the Health Risks of Gene-Editing Human Embryos
Everyone Needs a Good Pillow—Even Astronauts Bound for Mars
Why It’s So Hard to Predict Where a Tornado Will Strike
Geothermal Energy Could Save the Climate—or Trigger Lots of Quakes
Military vs. Wind Farms, Facebook vs. Fake Accounts, and More News
This AI Uses Echolocation to Identify What You're Doing
These Hidden Women Helped Invent Chaos Theory
Mysterious Midwest Tornadoes, Airbnb's NYC Truce, and More News
For the Midwest, Epic Flooding Is the Face of Climate Change
Measles Had Been Eliminated. Now It’s Nearly a Daily Threat
Scientists Go Back in Time to Find More Troubling News About Earth's Oceans
A Rocket Built by Students Reached Space for the First Time
Abortion Bans Create a Public Health Nightmare
The Mystifying Case of the Missing Planets
Inside Facebook's New Robotics Lab, Where AI and Machines Friend One Another
Inside Swamp Works, the NASA Lab Learning to Mine the Moon
Now Ocean Plastics Could Be Killing Oxygen-Making Bacteria
5G Networks Could Throw Weather Forecasting Into Chaos
'Heartbeat' Bills Get the Science of Fetal Heartbeats All Wrong
This Casino's Microgrid Might Be the Future of Energy
NASA Needs $1.6 Billion More to Send a Human to the Moon
What's So Special About Human Screams? Ask a Screamologist
The Chernobyl Disaster Might Have Also Built a Paradise
Only Two Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Have a Climate Plan
Jeff Bezos Unveils Blue Origin's Prototype of a Lunar Lander
Bad Air Linked To Dementia, Bezos' Lunar Lander, and More News
Seafloor Maps Reveal Underwater Caves, Slopes—and Fault Lines
Scientists Save a Sick Teen, Hackers Steal $40 Million, and More News
Genetically Tweaked Viruses Just Saved a Very Sick Teen
China's Scientists Are the New Kids on the Arctic Block
Calculate the G’s of Using an Ejection Seat to Blast Out of a Jet
Sunscreen in Your Bloodstream, Google’s Conference, and More News
Sunscreen Chemicals Soak All the Way Into Your Bloodstream
Legendary Haight Street Gets a New, Legal King of Weed
SpaceX Is Launching 'Organs on a Chip' to the ISS
The roof of Notre Dame Cathedral wasn’t just a roof. Sure, it kept the rain out. But what burned away in Paris last April was a technical marvel, the height—literally—of 12th- and 13th-century engineering.
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A Programmer Solved a 20-Year-Old Forgotten Crypto Puzzle
Women May Soon Start Using AI to Tell Good Eggs From Bad
These Super-Precise Clocks Help Weave Together Space And Time
The Grid Might Survive an Electromagnetic Pulse Just Fine
Today brings sad news in the world of consumer robotics. Anki, maker of Vector, a toy-like autonomous countertop robot, is shutting down, and hundreds of people are losing their jobs.
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Meet the Pro-Vaxxers Helping to Stave Off the Next Pandemic
Fighting Measles, LA Pulls a Classic Move: Quarantine
The Plan to Grab the World's Carbon With Supercharged Plants
Three hundred and sixty six days ago, CeCe Moore woke up to the headline that would change her world: “Suspected Golden State Killer, East Area Rapist arrested after eluding authorities for decades.
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The Machine That Reads Your Mind (Kinda) and Talks (Sorta)
What’s Known About the SpaceX Crew Dragon Accident
In Automation, the Last Motion Will Come Before the Last Mile
Offshore Wind Farms Are Spinning Up in the US—At Last
Ancestry.com’s Racist Ad Tumbles Into a Cultural Minefield
AI Could Predict Death. But What If the Algorithm Is Biased?
You’re Not Getting Enough Sleep—and It’s Killing You
New York’s Aggressive Climate Law Takes Aim at Skyscrapers
China Finds Phone-Wielding Tourists and Telescopes Don't Mesh
Crispr Gene Editing Is Coming for the Womb
A Shocking Find Shows Just How Far Wind Can Carry Microplastics
The Notre Dame Fire and the Future of History
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SpaceX Lands All 3 Boosters of the World's Most Powerful Rocket
Researchers Want to Link Your Genes and Income—Should They?
Lasers Highlight Ketamine's Depression-Fighting Secrets
How the Boston Marathon Messes With Runners to Slow Them Down
New York's Vaccine Order Shows How Health Laws Are Failing Us
Sea Levels Are Rising. Time to Build ... Floating Cities?
The Plan to Save the Rhino With a Cervix-Navigating Robot
Two Unusual Galaxies Shake Up the Dark Matter Debate, Again
Machine Learning for March Madness Is a Competition In Itself
This Tiny Guillotine Decapitates Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria
AI Could Scan IVF Embryos to Help Make Babies More Quickly
Scientists Need More Cat DNA, and Lil Bub Is Here to Help
By 2080, Tropical Diseases Could Be Headed to Alaska
Data Centers Gobble Energy. Could a ‘Fossil-Free’ Label Help?
The Fungi Decimating Amphibians Is Worse Than We Thought
A Human-Spread Fungus Is Killing Amphibians, and More News
The Failure of NASA's Spacewalk Snafu? How Predictable It Was
Why America Wants to Send Astronauts to the Moon's South Pole
It's Either the Best Time or the Worst Time to Have a Baby
Robot ‘Natural Selection’ Recombines Into Something Totally New
We Might Be Reaching 'Peak Indifference' on Climate Change
Those Midwestern Floods Are Expected to Get Much, Much Worse
Costa Rica's Zero-Carbon Plan Could Be a Model for the World
Scientists Reveal Ancient Social Networks Using AI—and X-Rays
The First Gene-Edited Food Is Now Being Served
The WIRED Guide to Cannabis
Preparing to Unleash Crispr on an Unprepared World
Women's Pain Is Different From Men's—the Drugs Could Be Too
DNA Crime-Solving Is Still New, Yet It May Have Gone Too Far
The Uncanny Valley Nobody's Talking About: Eerie Robot Voices
The Arctic's ‘Carbon Bomb’ Could Screw the Climate Even More
23andMe’s New Diabetes Test Has Experts Asking Who It’s For
Trump's Budget Guts Science Agencies—But Favors the Moon
A Teen Started a Global Climate Protest. What Are You Doing?
The Genderless Digital Voice the World Needs Right Now
Astronomers Think They Can Explain Mysterious Cosmic Bursts
Inside the High-Stakes Race to Make Quantum Computers Work
The Fish on Your Plate May Not Be What You Ordered
Oceans Are 'Spiking a Fever' With Record Heat Waves
The Gene Mutation That Could Cure HIV Has a Checkered Past
A New Method of DNA Testing Could Solve More Shootings
Post-Apocalyptic Insurers Try Out a New 'Make it Rain' Strategy
SpaceX Is Sending Its First Crew-Ready Capsule to the ISS
How I Became a Robot in London—From 5,000 Miles Away
Gene Editing Is Trickier Than Expected—but Fixes Are in Sight
Polio Is Nearly Wiped Out—Unless Some Lab Tech Screws Up
This Viral Therapy Could Help Us Survive the Superbug Era
Your Weather Tweets Are Showing Your Climate Amnesia
Doubling Our DNA Building Blocks Could Lead to New Life Forms
NASA’s Space Shuttle Rises From the Dead to Power New Vehicles
The Triumphant Rediscovery of the Biggest Bee on Earth
Boaty McBoatface Gears Up for Epic Swim Across the Arctic
Our Ears Are Unlocking an Era of Aural Data
The Confounding Climate Science of Lab-Grown Meat
3 Smart Things: What You Might Not Know About Attention
Why a Grape Turns Into a Fireball in a Microwave
R.I.P., Opportunity Rover: the Hardest-Working Robot in the Solar System
Darpa Wants to Solve Science's Replication Crisis With Robots
Two Satellites Almost Crashed. Here’s How They Dodged It
A 6-Legged Robot Stares at the Sky to Navigate Like a Desert Ant
This Robot Debates and Cracks Jokes, but It's Still a Toaster
A New Lab Is Brewing Microbes to Create Makeup and Medicines
The Wretched, Climate-Killing Truth About American Sprawl
Now You Can Join the Search for Killer Asteroids
The Green New Deal Shows How Grand Climate Politics Can Be
This Jagged Little Pill Could Make Diabetes Easier to Treat
SpaceX's Starship, Meant for Mars, Prepares for a First Hop
China’s Moon Lander Wakes Up From Its Long, Ultra-Cold Night
January Was Unusually Warm—Yes, Warm!—Despite That Cold Snap
Ditch the Super Bowl for a Who's Who of Superb Owls
The Punishing Polar Vortex Is Ideal for Cassie the Robot
Don't Save the Planet for the Planet. Do It for the Beer
A Robot Teaches Itself to Play Jenga. But This Is No Game
An Underwater Skin Sensor Lets Swimmers Track Their Sweat
SpaceX Revs Its Engines as It Gets Closer to Crewed Flight
And Now, the Weather: Mars-like, With a Chance of Apocalypse
This App Lets Kenya's Farmers Monitor Crops From Eyes in the Sky
The Excruciating, Impossible Science of Airport Delays
We Need a Radical New Way to Understand Screen Use
Drones Drop Poison Bombs to Fight One Island’s Rat Invasion
One Scientist Hopes to Engineer the Climate With Antacid
The Water in Your Toilet Could Fight Climate Change One Day
We Can Still Avoid a Repeat of Last Year's Deadly Flu Season
Exploding Stars May Have Killed Off Prehistoric Predators
For Women Job Seekers, Networking Like a Man Isn't Enough
3 Smart Things: The Hidden Lives of Liquids
Space Billboards Are Just the Latest Orbital Stunt
If Edible Insects Are the Future, We Should Talk About Poop
A Crocodile-Like Robot Helps Solve a 300-Million-Year Mystery
To Prevent Wildfires, Treat Utilities Like Railroad Barons
Is ’Oumuamua an Alien Spaceship? Sure! Except, No
Dark Matter Hunters Are Looking Inside Rocks for New Clues
Bio-Printers Are Churning out Living Fixes to Broken Spines
Trump's Immigration Speech Won't Change Minds, Science Says
A Strange Kind of Data Tracks the Weather—and Pirate Ships
To Prevent Fires, One California Town Says 'Goat Fund Me'
Los Angeles Gets America's First Earthquake Warning App
Ocean Cleanup's Plastic Catcher Is Busted. So What Now?
The Clever Clumsiness of a Robot Teaching Itself to Walk
The Shutdown Shows Just How Vital Government Scientists Are
We Need to Not Freak Out About the Robot Revolution
Why Your Doctor Should Also Be a Scientist
One Species Loves Our Climate-Wrecking Ways: Fire Ants!
How to Follow New Horizons' Historic Flyby of Ultima Thule
The Year in Robots, From Boston Dynamics to (RIP) Baxter
This Year SpaceX Made Us All Believe in Reusable Rockets
NASA's New Horizons Probe Prepares To Make History—Again
Don't Fear the Robot Overlords—Embrace Them as Coworkers
The Future of Crime-Fighting Is Family Tree Forensics
Quantum computers are still a dream, but the era of quantum communication is here. A new experiment out of Paris has demonstrated, for the first time, that quantum communication is superior to classical ways of transmitting information.
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Confirmed! Scientists Did See Gravitational Waves (Probably)
We've Got the Screen Time Debate All Wrong. Let's Fix It
A Bug-Like Robot Uses Electricity to Walk Upside Down
Dark Matter Hunters Pivot After Years of Failed Searches
Can't Remember What You Read? Blame Font, Not Forgetfulness
Scientists Journey Into the Dark Side of Cannabis
Antarctica is the driest, highest, windiest, and, of course, coldest continent. Since it’s nearly uninhabitable for humans, it’s also the cleanest. That makes it the perfect place to launch an odyssey aimed at persuading people to curb their plastic-pitching habits.
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Embrace a Fake Meat Future for Its Lesser-Known Benefits
No GPS? A DIY Radio Transmitter Can Help You Navigate
Sci-Fi Promised Us Home Robots. So Where Are They?
A Designer Seed Company Is Building a Farming Panopticon
Even Zoos Are Learning the Art of Doomsday Prepping
As Snow Disappears, the Sierras and Rockies Are Shrinking
Quantum Computing Needs You to Help Solve Its Core Mystery
To Clean Up Space Junk, Some People Grabbed a Net and Harpoon
How Do You Publish the Work of a Scientific Villain?
The Science of Growing a Perfect Christmas Tree
An Energy Evolution: From Delicious to Dirty to Almost Free
Even China Roundly Condemns Editing the Genes of Babies
The SpaceX 'Clown Car' Launch Actually Worked—Here's How
A Global Climate Summit Is Surrounded By All Things Coal
SpaceX’s Failed Landing Still Ended With a Clean Plop
America's Corn Fields Are Making the Weather Really Weird
A SpaceX Delivery Capsule May Be Contaminating the ISS
Thousands of Unstudied Plants May Be at Risk of Extinction
China Is Both the Best and Worst Hope for Clean Energy
How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
Here's a Way to Fight Climate Change: Empower Women
US Biotech Firms Made China's Gene-Edited Babies Possible
The Climate Apocalypse Is Now, and It’s Happening to You
SpaceX's Next Launch Will Spark a Space Internet Showdown
Mercury Pollution Is Way Up. One Huge Culprit? Gold Mines
Scientist Who Crispr’d Babies Bucked His Own Ethics Policy
Rogue Scientist Says Another Crispr Pregnancy Is Under Way
The Government's Role in the Rise of Lab-Grown Meat
The View From the Control Room: How InSight Landed on Mars
Inside the Lab Training Genome Surgeons to Fight Disease
Cities Have Turned Into Fire Bait—But We Can Fix Them
NASA Will Land InSight on Mars With Cunning—and Lots of Cork
Thin, Flexible New Solar Cells Could Soon Line Your Shirt
Eyes and Ears 3D-Printed From Flesh Could Boost Our Senses
The twinkling of a starry night sky is romantic, sure. But for astronomer Dominika Wylezalek, “it’s a nightmare.” That’s because Wylezalek studies galaxies billions of light-years away, and all that finicky glimmering—she’d call it “turbulence”—gets in the way.
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When Did Fish Learn to Walk? Antarctica May Hold the Answer
This Thanksgiving, Ditch the Food Psychology
Cosmology Is in Crisis Over How to Measure the Universe
3 Smart Things About Our Sixth, Inner Sense
These DNA Startups Want to Put All of You on the Blockchain
Now You Can Sequence Your Whole Genome for Just $200
Kilogram Redefined. The Metric System Overhaul Is Complete
Your Drone Can Give Cops a Surprising Amount of Your Data
The Expanse Gets Artificial Gravity Right in This Neat Trick
How California Needs to Adapt to Survive Future Fires
Cities Cause Hurricanes to Dump Extra Rain on Them
Our Climate Is Headed for Disaster, But Voters Still Shrug
Take a Good Look, America. This Is What the Reckoning Looks Like
The Risk That Ebola Will Spread to Uganda Is Now ‘Very High’
These Wind Patterns Explain Why California's Wildfires Are So Bad
The Terrifying Science Behind California’s Massive Camp Fire
Don’t Want to Fall for Fake News? Don’t Be Lazy
A New Robot Tracks Sick Bees Wearing Tiny Coded Backpacks
Weed Wins on Election Day. So What Comes Next?
THC! CBD! Terpenoids! Cannabis Science Is Getting Hairy
New Satellites Will Use Radio Waves to Spy on Ships and Planes
The Key to a Long Life Has Little to Do With ‘Good Genes’
The Breakthrough Prizes are unlike anything else in science. Instead of the hum of lab equipment, there’s Orlando Bloom. Instead of donning lab coats, the scientists find themselves marching down a red carpet in their black-tie best.
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Bitcoin Will Burn the Planet Down. The Question: How Fast?
How Antivax PACs Helped Shape Midterm Ballots
Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate
The ISS Has a Supercomputer! Never Mind the Fried Disks
The Sea May Be Absorbing Way More Heat Than We Thought
Apple's Heart Study Is the Biggest Ever, But With a Catch
Calling the Caravan's Migrants "Diseased" Is a Classic Xenophobic Move
Los Angeles Must Pay Billions to Adapt—or Slip Into the Sea
A New Climate Change Lawsuit Takes Aim at ExxonMobil
Does Climate Change Mean You Should Fly Less? Yeah, Maybe
Carbon Capture Is Messy and Fraught—But Might Be Essential
The Science of the Sniff: Why Dogs Are Great Disease Detectors
How Trick-or-Treaters Can Stay Visible on a Dark and Spooooky Night
Water, Flour, Syrup, Dye: Mastering the Elements of Fake Blood
Ginkgo Bioworks Is Turning Human Cells Into On-Demand Factories
An Ebola Outbreak in a War Zone Is About as Bad as It Gets
These Wasp-Like Drones Lift Heavy Loads With Their Bellies
Fusty Ol' Scientific Texts Get a Gorgeous, Pricey Makeover
3 Smart Things About Animal-Inspired Robotics
Science Isn't About 'the Truth'—It's About Building Models
Scientists Help Robots 'Evolve.' Weirdness Ensues
DNA Tests Could Help Docs Detect Infectious Diseases Faster
Your Facebook Posts Can Reveal If You're Depressed
Funky Materials Give the Mantis Shrimp Its Powerful Punch
An App Built for Hurricane Harvey Is Now Saving Lives in Florida
Life-Saving Deliveries Will Get Drones Flying the Skies
Big Data and the End of Painful, Invasive Medical Procedures
So Much Genetic Testing. So Few People to Explain It to You
Here's What Astronauts See When a Rocket Aborts Mid-Flight
Silicon Valley’s Tech Elite Zoom in on Crispr
Beer drinkers might pay more and find less of their favorite beverage as climate change comes for barley. Scientists expect that extreme droughts and heat waves will become more frequent and intense in the regions that grow the grain.
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You’re Expecting Too Much Out of Boston Dynamics’ Robots
Boston Dynamics Is Prepping Its Robot Dog to Get a Job
Genome Hackers Show No One’s DNA Is Anonymous Anymore
The Quest to Make California’s Weed the Champagne of Cannabis
How Hurricane Michael Got Super Big, Super Fast
A Long Goodbye to Baxter, a Gentle Giant Among Robots
Physicists Condemn Sexism Through ‘Particles for Justice’
Bionic Limbs 'Learn' to Open a Beer
What One Devastated Community Can Teach the World About Mental Health
SpaceX Sticks Its Landing after a Showy California Launch
STEM Candidates Try to Ride a Pro-Science Wave to Congress
The Insane Physics of Airbags
A Mushroom Extract Might Save Bees from a Killer Virus
A Brain-Eating Amoeba Just Claimed Another Victim
Swarms of Super-Sized Mosquitoes Besiege North Carolina
Physicists Win Nobel Prize for Lasers That Stretch, Bend and Blow Up Molecules
It’s Time to Talk About Robot Gender Stereotypes
Crawling Dead: How Ants Turn Into Zombies
Farmers Can Now Buy Designer Microbes to Replace Fertilizer
The Science Is Clear: Dirty Farm Water Is Making Us Sick
Trump's Auto Emissions Plan Is Full of Faulty Logic
San Francisco's Dream of 'Zero Waste' Lands in the Dumpster
Darpa Goes Underground for Its Most Daring Robot Extravaganza Yet
Robot Lawnmowers Are Killing Hedgehogs
Cats Bad at Nabbing Rats But Feast on Other Beasts
Everyone Wants to Go to the Moon Again—Logic Be Damned
Learn From These Bugs. Don't Let Social Media Zombify You
This Supple, Squishy Robo-Jellyfish Can Explore Ocean Reefs
The Creepy-Cute Robot that Picks Peppers With its Face
Here's the Plan to End Malaria With Crispr-Edited Mosquitoes
First It Was a Hurricane. Then Pig Poop. Now It’s Coal Ash
New Microscope Shows the Quantum World in Crazy Detail
The Rocket That Gave Us GPS and the Mars Rovers Retires
The Science Behind Home Disaster Preparedness Kits Is a Disaster
Want a Robot to Really Get a Grip? Make It Like Baymax
Why Animal Extinction Is Crippling Computer Science
E.T. Hunters Join Forces to Probe the Heavens
Jeff Bezos and the Clock That Will Outlast Civilization
SpaceX Will Send Yusaku Maezawa (and Artists!) to the Moon
Astronomers Have Found the Universe's Missing Matter
At the Edge of the World, Facing the End of the World
An Equator Full of Hurricanes Shows a Preview of End Times
Emissions Have Already Peaked in 27 Cities—And Keep Falling
A New Robotic Fly Dips and Dives Like the Real Thing
You Can Drink Champagne in Space—Yes, Really
Yes, You Can Boil Water at Room Temperature. Here's How
Wisconsin's Floods Are Catastrophic—and Only Getting Worse
When Your Phone Sucks You Into the Void, This App Notices
We Know Exactly How to Stop Wildfires—With Money
New Space Robots Will Fix Satellites, or Maybe Destroy Them
This One-Armed Robot Is Super Manipulative (in a Good Way)
23andMe Cuts Off the DNA App Ecosystem It Created
A 600-Meter-Long Plastic Catcher Heads to Sea. But Scientists Are Skeptical
Startups Flock to Turn Young Blood Into an Elixir of Youth
This Hyper-Real Robot Will Cry and Bleed on Med Students
Why Scientists Are Using Frog Eggs to Power Tiny Electronics
America’s Spaceport Boom Is Outpacing the Need to Go to Space
Crispr Halted Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs. Someday, It Might Cure Humans
A Clever and Simple Robot Hand
What if Ketamine Actually Works Like an Opioid?
Before Californians use an electron, they like to swirl the glass a little, get some nose. You want a whiff of that subatomic particle’s terroir before pouring it into an air conditioner or a phone.
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Far Out! Worms May Dose Mice With Cannabinoids to Kill the Pain
Here's How Fast That Jumping Tesla Was Traveling
The Science Behind Social Science Gets Shaken Up—Again
How Big Can A Solar-Powered Drone Be?
Meet the Rosehip Cell, a New Kind of Neuron
98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite
Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Mess With Your Brain
Your Next Weather Apocalypse: The Smokestorm
The Physics of Falling Into a Black Hole
The Globe-Trotting Show Bringing Science and Tech to Arab TV
The Spiky Simulator That Will Help Find Oceans in Space
The Serious Security Problem Looming Over Robotics
How Much Energy Can You Store in a Stack of Cement Blocks?
How NASA Built a Shark Tank for Space Inventions
Trump's New Power Plan Comes With a Deadly Price
Prepare to Be Hypnotized By These Delicate Paper Robots
How to Prove That the Earth Orbits the Sun
An Adorable Rodent Gives a Glimpse Into Earth’s Climate Chaos
Think Rivers Are Dangerous Now? Just Wait
The Curious Case of a Revolutionary (But Imaginary?) Superconductor
After 13 Years, Scientists Finally Map the Massive Wheat Genome
The Physics of Catching a Gnarly 80-Foot-Tall Wave
Your Tweets Can Help Map the Spread of Wildfire Smoke
Three Science Experiments You Can Do With Your Phone
Drone Swarms as You Know Them Are Just an Illusion—for Now
Wildfire Smoke Is Smothering the US—Even Where You Don't Expect It
Star-Swallowing Black Holes Reveal Secrets in Exotic Light Shows
How Engineering the Climate Could Mess With Our Food
What Termites Teach Us About Robot Cooperation
This Solar Probe Is Built to Survive a Brush With the Sun
Native Tribes Are Taking Fire Control Into Their Own Hands
The Unknowability of the Next Global Epidemic
Scientists Take a Harder Look at Genetic Engineering of Human Embryos
You Can Learn Everything Online Except for the Things You Can't
How Much Power Does It Take to Fly in a Real-Life Jet Suit?
This Community Is Advocating for Air Quality—With Science
My Two-Week Edible-Insect Feast
Who's Responsible for Your Bad Tech Habits? It's Complicated
Meet the Astronauts Who Will Fly the First Private ‘Space Taxis’
Robots Are Renting Airbnbs to Get a Better Grip
Climate Change's Looming Mental Health Crisis
The Only Thing Fire Scientists Are Sure of: This Will Get Worse
Why Big Stuff Cools Off Slower Than Small Stuff
Climate Change Is Coming for Underwater Archaeological Sites
Making Personalized Cancer Vaccines Takes an Army—of Robots
This Robot Hand Taught Itself How to Grab Stuff Like a Human
Sorry, Nerds: Terraforming Might Not Work on Mars
If Germany Can't Quit Coal, Can Anyone Else?
Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids
That Purple Kush You're Toking Might Be a Genetic Imposter
Next-Gen Nuclear Is Coming—If Society Wants It
How Plastic Straws Slip Through the Cracks of Waste Management
Scientists Discover the First Large Body of Liquid Water on Mars
This Bomb-Simulating US Supercomputer Broke a World Record
SpaceX Preps for Three Block 5 Launches in Just Two Weeks
How a Team of Experts Quelled Colorado's Enormous Spring Fire
Meet the Woman Who Rocked Particle Physics—Three Times
Welcome to the Era of Orbital Publicity Stunts
Some Scientists Work With China, but NASA Won't
A Comprehensive Guide to the Physics of Running on the Moon
Rising Seas Could Cause Your Next Internet Outage
How a Flock of Drones Developed Collective Intelligence
In Greenland, Iceberg Shedding Is a Tourist Attraction and a Threat
Cheap, Portable Sensors Are Democratizing Air-Quality Data
How New York City Is Tackling Extreme Heat in a Warming World
Astronomers Discovered 12 New Moons Around Jupiter. Here's How
How Is a Runner Like a Bouncing Ball?
This Company Wants Your Fertility Data
Robots Can't Hold Stuff Very Well. But You Can Help
The Ultimate Carbon-Saving Tip? Travel by Cargo Ship
What's a Blazar? A Galactic Bakery for Cosmic Rays
Inside the Test Chamber for NASA's Astronaut Vehicle Double
Facebook Opens Its Private Servers to Scientists Studying Fake News
Flattened Fluids Help Scientists Understand Oceans and Atmospheres
Can Your Electronic Gadgets Interfere With Your Compass?
The Race to Get Tourists to Suborbital Space Is Heating Up
Don't Just Lecture Robots—Make Them Learn
This storyoriginally appeared on Gristand is part of theClimate Deskcollaboration. Sometimes the most vicious fights occur over the smallest differences. Brutal battles have pitted Catholics that kneel in prayer against Protestant sects that stood before the same God.
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Try Out This Physics Problem With a Baseball and a Neighbor
Never Prebook Your Return Flight From a Rocket Launch
In Search of New Rules to Protect Other Worlds From Earth's Cooties
The Air Force Is Already Betting on SpaceX's Brand-New Falcon Heavy
We Have No Idea How Bad the US Tick Problem Is
The Physics of Launching Fireworks From a Drone
Do Thundershirts Really Calm Dogs During Fireworks or What?
This Giant Invasive Flower Can Give You Third-Degree Burns
DNA-Repairing Sunscreen: Legit or Not?
Why (and How) California Is Destroying Mountains of Weed
The Physics of a Spinning Spacecraft in The Expanse
One Sentence With 7 Meanings Unlocks a Mystery of Human Speech
SpaceX Is About to Launch Its Final Block 4 Falcon
Delays, Rising Costs Plague NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
The Rise of DNA Data Storage
These Beating Mini-Hearts Could Save Big Bucks—And Maybe Lives
A Microguide to Microdosing Psychedelic Drugs
Big Tech Isn’t the Problem With Homelessness. It’s All of Us
Twitter Users Are Analytical in the Morning, Angsty at Night
The Quest to Make Super Cold Quantum Blobs in Space
It's Business Time for Rocket Lab, Launcher of Small Satellites
Pain Is Weird. Making Bionic Arms Feel Pain Is Even Weirder
NASA’s New Plan: Do More Science With Small Satellites
The Amphiphilic Liquid Coating That Keeps Your Avocados Fresh
China Won’t Solve the World’s Plastics Problem Any More
Trump Hasn't Signed a Space Force Into Being—Yet
The Collapse of a $40 Million Nutrition Science Crusade
Space Really Does Need Traffic Cops
Robots Won't Take Your Job—But They Might Make It Boring
Protect My Head? Soccer Pros Shrug and Carry On
Puerto Rico's Observatory Is Still Recovering From Hurricane Maria
'Ninjabot' Reveals the Mantis Shrimp's Wily Snail-Hunting Scheme
Can PJs and Sound Sleep Lead to a World Cup Victory?
How Scientists Tracked Antarctica's Stunning Ice Loss
Crispr Fans Fight for Egalitarian Access to Gene Editing
Forget X-Ray Vision. You Can See Through Walls With Radio
The Physics of a Puzzling Perpetual Motion Machine
Inside a Chemist’s Quest to Hack Evolution and Cure Genetic Disease
How a Uranium Hunter Sniffs Out Nuclear Weapons
Wanna Pull Water Out of Air? Grab Some Ions or a Weird Sponge
The Many Shades of Bad Physics
How Science Helps the Warriors Sleep Their Way to Success
Elections Don’t Work at All. You Can Blame the Math
We Need to Talk About Robots Trying to Pass as Humans
Hurricane Season 2018 Has a Lot to Learn From Last Year
Why Apple Can’t Tackle Digital Wellness in a Vacuum
Physics Face-off: The Momentum Principle vs. Newton's 2nd Law
A Blood-Based Cancer Test Gets Its First Results
These Physicists Watched a Clock Tick for 14 Years Straight
Cosmic Ray Showers Crash Supercomputers. Here's What to Do About It
These Spinning Disks of Gas and Dust Reveal How Planets Get Made
The Wild Physics of a Firefighter's Window Catch
The Key to Cracking Cold Cases Might Be Genealogy Sites
How Fast Do Spacecraft Travel in The Expanse?
The Messy, Malodorous Mystery of the Dead 60-Foot Whale
Why Darpa Wants Everyone to Launch Tiny Satellites
The Wild Logistical Ride of the Ebola Vaccine's High-Tech Thermos
Climate Change Made Zombie Ants Even More Cunning
Can a City Really Sue an Oil Company for Climate Change?
Heredity is a powerful concept. It’s the thing that ties families together—that gives shape to their shared history of stories, of homes, of personalities. And more and more, it’s the way we understand families’ shared genetic inheritance.
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The Physics of Accelerating Spacecraft in The Expanse
Inconvenient Minifauna and the Invasion of the Hammerhead Flatworms
Give the Robots Electronic Tongues
Are Avocados Toast?
This Robotic Pollinator Is Like a Huge Bee With Wheels and an Arm
Scientists Are Using AI to Painstakingly Assemble Single Atoms
America's Fastest-Growing Urban Area Has a Water Problem
A New Look Inside Theranos’ Dysfunctional Corporate Culture
The 6-Foot Chinese Giant Salamander Is in Serious Trouble
23andMe Goes Global In Its Data-Mining Efforts
The Physics of a Tesla Model X Pulling a Boeing 787
The Fundamental Nihilism of Yanny vs. Laurel
The Shape-Shifting Robot That Evolves by Falling Down
The WIRED Guide to Robots
Fun Ideas That Keep Kids Learning Even After School's Out
The Physics of NASA's New Mars Helicopter
Hey Alexa, What Are You Doing to My Kid's Brain?
How NASA Will Look for Geysers (and Life) on Europa
This Insect-Sized Flying Robot Is Powered by Lasers
Darpa's Next Challenge? A Grueling Underground Journey
The Race to Save Arctic Cities As Permafrost Melts
The Japanese Space Bots That Could Build ‘Moon Valley’
Something's Off With the Turbolaser Shots in The Last Jedi
The Implacable Power of Volcanic Lava
Lots of Doctors Recommend Weed Without Understanding It
The Research Behind Google's New Tools for Digital Well-Being
The Physics of Swinging a Mass on a String for Fun
Miguel Zumalacárregui knows what it feels like when theories die. In September 2017, he was at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Saclay, near Paris, to speak at a meeting about dark energy and modified gravity.
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A Tornado's Secret Sounds Could Reveal Where It'll Strike
This Startup Wants to Be AirBnb for Gene Sequencers
An Anti-Aging Pundit Solves a Decades-Old Math Problem
The NIH Launches Its Ambitious Million-Person Genetic Survey
How to Fight Climate Change: Figure Out Who's to Blame, and Sue Them
The Physics of Leia Using the Force
Detectives Cracked the Golden State Killer Case Using Genetics
NASA’s InSight Lander Will Probe Mars, Measure Its Quakes
This Trucking Company Keeps Spacecraft Safe on the Interstate
Insect-Borne Diseases Have Tripled. Here's Why.
Too High, Drunk, or Sleepy to Drive? One Day Your Phone Could Know
Does Your Doctor Need a Voice Assistant?
How a Soviet A-Bomb Test Launched US Climate Science
Fukushima’s Other Big Problem: A Million Tons of Radioactive Water
The Terrifying Technological Tactics Behind BattleBots
Chemists Orchestrate the Molecular Union of Two Single Atoms
A New Startup Wants to Use Crispr to Diagnose Disease
The Lab Making Robots Walk Through Fire and Ride Segways
Lyft Delivers Carbon-Neutral Rides
What Happens When Science Just Disappears?
Delivery Bots Have Awkward Sidewalk Interactions, Too
Why Can't We Fix Puerto Rico's Power Grid?
California’s Water Whiplash Is Only Going to Get Worse
Just How Random Are Two Factor Authentication Codes?
My Son Pioneered an Epilepsy Drug Derived From Marijuana. An FDA Panel Just Approved It
23andMe Wants You to Share Even More Health Data
Physics Explains Why No One Can Beat the Freeze
Biotech Gets Some Silicon Valley Shine at Illumina’s New Campus
A Robot Does the Impossible: Assembling an Ikea Chair Without Having a Meltdown
The Plan to Save California's Legendary Weed From 'Big Cannabis'
NASA’s New Exoplanet Satellite Has a Better Shot of Finding Life Close to Home
Incredibles 2 Asks: What's the Right Way to Solve a Math Problem?
AI Learns a New Trick: Measuring Brain Cells
Exploring the Mirror Link Between Two Geometric Worlds
Quantum Mechanics Could Solve Cryptography’s Random Number Problem
How the March For Science Became a Movement
Space Oddities: We Need a Plan to Stop Polluting Space Before It’s Too Late
The Case of the Evaporating Exoplanets
Want to Fight Sea Level Rise? Look to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
How Many G's Will the Hyperloop Pull in Its Next Test?
What Random Walks in Multiple Dimensions Teach You About Life
Helix Takes Clinical Genetic Testing Straight to Consumers
Inside the Cleanroom Where NASA’s New Mars Lander Waits to Launch
Why Winning in Rock-Paper-Scissors Isn’t Everything
Use Science (Not Surgery) to Create Your Best Selfie
With Some Structure, Stem Cells Might Still Stop Vision Loss
Do You Weigh More at the Equator or at the North Pole?
Why These Bumblebees Are Wearing Itty-Bitty QR Codes
Too Much Engineering Has Made Mississippi River Floods Worse
The Woman Who Knows Everything About the Universe
A Flawed Study Shows How Little We Understand Crispr's Effects
2001: A Space Odyssey Predicted The Future—50 Years Ago
Mini Brains Just Got Creepier—They’re Growing Their Own Veins
The Next Best Version of Me: How to Live Forever
The Case of the Missing Dark Matter
All The Places Tiangong-1 Won’t Land (And Where It Still Might)
Telomeres Are the New Cholesterol. Now What?
A New Way to Dispose of Corpses—With Chemistry!
What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—And Our Ability to See?
Model How Light Reflects Off a Mirror With Python
You Know Who's Really Addicted to Their Phones? The Olds.
How Cannabis Tech Can Help Build a Better Cup of Coffee
How Kids Can Use 'Screen Time' to Their Advantage
Ski Resorts Fight Climate Change With Snow Blowers and Buses
In Search of God’s Mathematical Perfect Proofs
Will Cutting Calories Make You Live Longer?
See Everything Bad About Climate Change in a Single California Town
In the Courtroom, Climate Science Needs Substance—and Style
Robot Microscopes Demystify Plankton, the Sea's Most Vital Residents
Med Students Are Getting Terrible Training in Robotic Surgery
Google's Quantum Computing Party Is as Fancy as Physics Gets
Big Ag Wants Farmers to Buy Into Satellite Imagery
With Medicare Support, Genetic Cancer Testing Goes Mainstream
To Stay Healthy On Your Next Flight, Avoid Aisles and Stay Put
Researchers Restore “Feeling” to Lost Limbs—Kinda
Maybe Nobody Wants Your Space Internet
Theranos Didn't Nuke the Diagnostics Business
These Conservationists Are Desperate to Defrost Snake Sperm
Stephen Hawking, a Physicist Transcending Space and Time, Passes Away at 76
On March 4, an embryologist at Pacific Fertility Center was doing a routine walk-through of the clinic’s collection of waist-high steel tanks, each one filled with thousands of liquid nitrogen-bathed vials of frozen sperm, eggs, and embryos.
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This Pi Day, Calculate the Value of Pi for Yourself
The Controversial Link Between Epic Storms and a Warming Arctic
Please Stop Building Houses Exactly Where Wildfires Start
The Physics of the Speeder Chase in Solo: A Star Wars Story
“We don’t have much ground truth in biology.” According to Barbara Engelhardt, a computer scientist at Princeton University, that’s just one of the many challenges that researchers face when trying to prime traditional machine-learning methods to analyze genomic data.
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The Transformer of Autonomous Farmbots Can Do 100 Jobs on Its Own
No Refrigeration Necessary: New Tech for Everlasting Shelf-Life
Can Humans Survive on Water Vapor Alone?
Apparently We Can Let the Stock Market Fight Climate Change
Sea Level Rise in the SF Bay Area Just Got a Lot More Dire
The CDC Can't Fund Gun Research. What if that Changed?
Researchers Used This Genealogy Site to Build a 13 Million-Person Family Tree
The Secret to a High Tech Concierge Medical Office? Data
Wanna See Around Corners? Better Get Yourself a Laser
A Bomb Cyclone Brings Massive Flooding to New England—Again
The Subtle Nudges That Could Unhook Us From Our Phones
Spoof, Jam, Destroy: Why We Need a Backup for GPS
How Flight Simulation Tech Can Help Turn Robots Into Surgeons
You Can Find the Gravitational Constant with String and a Mountain
Congress Takes On Sexual Harassment in the Sciences
How to Build a Space Communication System Out of Lasers
With This DNA Dating App, You Swab, Then Swipe For Love
If There's Life on Saturn's Moon Enceladus, It Might Look Like This
Why It's So Hard to Dose Weed
Inside Robert Bigelow's Decades-Long Obsession With UFOs
The Ongoing Battle Between Quantum and Classical Computers
The Struggle to Predict—and Prevent—Toxic Masculinity
To Stop Climate Change, Educate Girls and Give them Birth Control
You Don't Need a Personal Genetics Test to Take Charge of Your Health
Snakelike Skin Gives a Robot the Power to Crawl
Solve Genomics with the Blockchain? Why the Hell Not
SpaceX Will Launch the First of Its Global Internet Satellites
Winter Olympics 2018: The Physics of Blazing Fast Bobsled Runs
Could Scientists Use Silver Iodide to Make Snow for the Olympics?
China Wants to Make a Mark in Space—But It'll Need a Little Help
The Big Engineering Behind Olympic Snowboarding's Big Air Event
Peter Diamandis Is the Latest Tech Futurist Betting on Stem Cells
Inside the Mind of Amanda Feilding, Countess of Psychedelic Science
How You Could Road Race—and Win—From Your Living Room
LED Flashlights Are Bright—But Just How Bright, Exactly?
A Bid to Solve California’s Housing Crisis Could Redraw How Cities Grow
Would Delivery Drones Be All That Efficient? Depends Where You Live
Scientists Know How You’ll Respond to Nuclear War—And They Have a Plan
How Ice Skaters Turn Physics Into Astonishing Spins
Real Heroes Have the Guts to Admit They're Wrong
Is Cape Town Thirsty Enough to Drink Sea Water?
Winter Olympics 2018: Can Ski Wax Help Win Gold?
How the Government Controls Sensitive Satellite Data
The Secret To Breaking Up With Your Phone? Remember That You Will Die.
SpaceX Successfully Launches the Falcon Heavy—And Elon Musk's Roadster
Biopunks are Pushing the Limits With Implants and DIY Drugs
AI Just Learned How to Boost the Brain's Memory
The WIRED Guide to Climate Change
The Physics of One of the Craziest Big Air Snowboard Tricks Ever
Could a Vaccine Protect Football Players From Concussions?
SpaceX Gears Up to Finally, Actually Launch the Falcon Heavy
The Squishy Ethics of Sex With Robots
The Shrinking Building in Ant-Man and the Wasp Would Cause Massive Problems
A Family’s Race to Cure a Daughter’s Genetic Disease
What Good Is Crispr If It Can't Get Where It Needs to Go?
How Long Beach Is Trying to Cool Down
Can Our Phones Save Us From Our Phones?
Meet the Company Trying to Democratize Clinical Trials With AI
Don’t Call It a Blood Moon. Or Supermoon. Or Blue Moon
Yes, There Is Gravity in Space
Scientists Hate the NIH’s New Rules for Experimenting on Humans
Why No Gadget Can Prove How Stoned You Are
How Much Kinetic Energy Could Black Panther Collect from Bullets?
SpaceX Test Fires Its Falcon Heavy Rocket for the First Time
The Science of Why Swearing Physically Reduces Pain
Why Robots Should Shake the Bejeezus Out of Cherry Trees
The Second Coming of Ultrasound
How Smallsats Could Make a Big Difference for NASA and NOAA
How Engineering Earth’s Climate Could Seriously Imperil Life
The Little Rocket That Could Sends Real Satellites to Space
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How Did President Trump Do on His Physical? It’s Complicated
Cancer Diagnosis from a Blood Draw? Liquid Biopsies Are Still a Dream
NASA Just Proved It Can Navigate Space Using Pulsars. Where to Now?
Global Warming Predictions May Now Be a Lot Less Uncertain
The Physics of the 69-Degree Intersection That Kills Cyclists
Job Alert: How Would You Like to Babysit Robots?
Will Your Baby Like Cilantro? These Genetic Tests Say They Can Tell
Clashes Over the Future of Gene Therapy at the US's Biggest Biotech Meeting
Scientists Discover Clean Water Ice Just Below Mars' Surface
How Dark Matter Physicists Score Deals on Liquid Xenon
A Robot That Tugs on Pig Organs Could Save Human Babies
Can an Arrow Fired Straight Up Fall Fast Enough to Kill You?
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Scientists Figure Out How to Make Muscles from Scratch
Scientists Just Solved a Major Piece of the Opioid Puzzle
Salvia Leads Chemists on a Psychedelic Existential Journey
Let's Do the Physics of the Giant Driving Cities in Mortal Engines
How You Could Get an Early Warning for the Next Big Quake
A Clever New Robotic 'Muscle' Seriously Lifts, Bro
Why the Bomb Cyclone Hitting the East Coast Is So Unusual
The Physics of Plastic Sheets … and Their Invisible Force Fields?
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The Most-Read WIRED Science Stories of 2017
Health Care Is Hemorrhaging Data. AI Is Here to Help
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Fighting Climate Change, and Building a World to Withstand It
What Happens Now? Studies of Sexual Harassment Can Show the Way
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Crispr Isn’t Enough Any More. Get Ready for Gene Editing 2.0
What It's Like to Spend Christmas at the Bottom of the Planet
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Using Genetics to Make a More Perfect Christmas Tree
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Can Science Keep Deep Sea Miners From Ruining the Seafloor?
How to Run Up a Wall—With Physics!
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Flu Season Is Here Early. Why Didn't We See It Coming?
New Kepler Exoplanet Discovery Fueled by AI
The Hard Math Behind Bitcoin's Global Warming Problem
Patients Want Poop Transplants. Here's How to Make Them Safe
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Crispr Therapeutics Plans Its First Clinical Trial for Genetic Disease
Psychologists Want in on Social Media's Big Data Trove
You Can Do Physics Even When You're Goofing Off
To Fix the Space Junk Problem, Add a Self-Destruct Module
Climate Change Could Take the Air Out of Wind Farms
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Google Is Giving Away AI That Can Build Your Genome Sequence
The Physics of the Invisible Box Challenge
The Firestorm This Time: Why Los Angeles Burns
Will Russia's Olympic Ban Shred the Culture of Doping?
The AI Company That Helps Boeing Cook New Metals for Jets
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At the Breakthrough Prizes, Silicon Valley Puts Scientists in the Spotlight
Ancestry’s Genetic Testing Kits Are Heading for Your Stocking This Year
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Want to Learn How to Mine in Space? There’s a School for You
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The Most Promising Cancer Treatments In a Century Have Arrived—But Not For Everyone
The Physics Behind the Strange Interstellar Asteroid 'Oumuamua
Behind the Scenes as NASA Tests the Most Powerful Rocket Ever
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What Good Is a Supercomputer If It Can't Show Off?
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Is Trump's NASA Nominee Ready to Tackle Climate Change?
Would You Put the Genetically Modified Arctic Apple in Your Pie?
Could Tesla Power Its Electric Truck With Solar Panels?
This Next-Gen Satellite Will Scan for Storms Like Never Before
California's Hepatitis A Outbreak Is the Future Poking Us in the Face
This Gene-Editing Tech Might Be Too Dangerous To Unleash
How to Hoist Yourself Out of a Hole With Physics
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Yuri Milner and the Fellowship of Silicon Valley Science Influencers
The Subtle Art and Serious Physics of Subway Surfing
Scientists Save a Kid By Growing a Whole New Skin For Him
Mass Shootings, Climate, Discrimination: Why Government's Fear of Data Threatens Us All
Artificial Intelligence Is Putting Ultrasound on Your Phone
Green Bank Observatory Embraces Its Alien-Hunting Future
You Too Can Fly a Spacecraft Around Mars—With Physics!
For Scientists Predicting Sea Level Rise, Wind Is the Biggest Unknown
Controversial Brain Imaging Uses AI to Take Aim at Suicide Prevention
After the Napa Fires, a Disaster-in-Waiting: Toxic Ash
How Much Energy Can You Cram Into Your Halloween Candy?
Can You Figure Out What's Wrong in This Iron Man 3 Scene?
New Science Could Sharpen Crispr's Gene-Editing Scalpel
Cutting Carbs Won't Save You From Cancer
The Way the World Ends: Not with a Bang But a Paperclip
How on Earth Does Aquaman Fly in the Justice League Trailer?
Can We Still Rely On Science Done By Sexual Harassers?
Could San Francisco Get the Oil Industry to Pay for Climate Change?
What Happens When Robots Act Just Like Humans
In 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,' Planet Sovereign Defies Physics
How Climate Change and 'Smoke Taint' Could Kill Napa Wine
Meet the Geek Who Tracks Rogue Satellites With Coat Hangers
In Cities, It's the Smoke, Not the Fire, That Will Get You
The Napa Fire Is a Perfectly Normal Apocalypse
This New Alzheimer’s Test Looks Beyond a Single Problem Gene
Silicon Isn't Just for Computers. It Can Make a Pretty Good Kidney, Too
Let's Analyze the Ridiculous Physics of the Bugatti Chiron
Were US Diplomats in Cuba Victims of a Sonic Attack—or Something Else?
The Physics Nobel Goes to the Detection of Ripples in Space and Time
The Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Your Body's Circadian Clock
After Hurricane Maria, Could Puerto Rico Be at Risk of Cholera?
One Gene Mutation May Cause Zika's Devastating Birth Defects
Temperature Is Not What You Think It Is
Can This Tesla Alum Build the World’s Greenest Battery?
The United States Needs an Earthquake Warning System Already
The Post-Antibiotic Era Is Here. Now What?
Archaeologists Don't Always Need to Dig—They've Got Drones
Bored With Your Fitbit? These Cancer Researchers Aren't
With Designer Bacteria, Crops Could One Day Fertilize Themselves
Cities Turn to Other Cities for Help Fighting Climate Change
What if America Had a Detective Agency for Disasters?
Antarctica Is Looking for a Few Good Firefighters
How Congress Ignored Science and Fueled Antibiotic Resistance
A Patient Gets the New Transgender Surgery She Helped Invent
The Serious Physics Behind a Double Pendulum Fidget Spinner
The Science of Fighting Wildfires Gets a Satellite Boost
Antibiotic-Brined Chicken and Other Bad Ideas From US Farming
Can a Drone Carry a Full-Grown Human in a Hammock?
These Mice Stopped Eating Carbs So You (Maybe) Don't Have To
'Dream Chaser' Space Plane Hitches a Ride With a Helicopter
Astronaut Scott Kelly Explains How the ISS Is Like Harris County Jail
Why You Should Read That Whole Text Book Right Now
With Harvey, Imperfect Engineering Meets a Perfect Storm
What's Inside a Magical (and Flammable) Grease-Lifting Cleaner
A New Way for Doctors to Share Their Medical Mysteries
How Will Houston Handle the Deluge of Hurricane Harvey?
Your Brain Cells Hear the Ups and Downs of Language
Crispr Fans Dream of a Populist Future for Gene Editing
The Defenders Could Punch Better if They Learned Some Physics
Plankton 'Mucus Houses' Could Pull Microplastics From the Sea
Explore the Moon Using Augmented Reality
What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist About Language
NASA's Rocket to Nowhere Finally Has a Destination
Buried in a Gold Mine, a Particle Accelerator Searches for Stellar Secrets
View the Eclipse With This Simple Homemade Gadget
Veritas Genomics Scoops Up an AI Company to Sort Out Its DNA
The US Won't Pay For the World's Best Climate Science
Want a Diagnosis Tomorrow, Not Next Year? Turn to AI
How Color Vision Came to the Animals
It's Past Time for You To Ditch That Fancy Scientific Calculator
Trump Wants the EPA Radon Program Cut. So Do Some Scientists
The Plan to End Science’s Sexist #Manel Problem
Science Says 13 Reasons Why May Be the Public Health Scare People Thought
The Space Junk Problem Is About to Get a Whole Lot Gnarlier
The Physics Behind the Magical Parallax Effect Running Your AR Apps
Darpa Wants to Build a BS Detector for Science
Physicists Try to Revive a Super-Safe, Decades-Old Cancer Treatment
Luxembourg's New Law Lets Space Miners Keep Their Plunder
How on Earth Did Aaron Judge Bean That Stadium Roof? Physics!
Einstein’s Little-Known Passion Project? A Refrigerator
Zero-G Blood and the Many Horrors of Space Surgery
Climate Change Is Here. It’s Time to Talk About Geoengineering
Your Brain Doesn't Contain Memories. It Is Memories
The West Is on Fire. Blame the Housing Crisis
Thanks, Climate Change: Heat Waves Will Keep on Grounding Planes
The Physics of Throwing a Big Sack Over Trump's Beautiful Wall
Let’s Play Around With Two Big Ideas in Physics. It’ll Be Fun
Scientists Upload a Galloping Horse GIF Into Bacteria With Crispr
Tesla's Super-Battery Could Help Lift an Aircraft Carrier 1,500 Feet
US Farms Could Suffer as the Arctic Heats Up
Biology's Roiling Debate Over Publishing Research Early
Let’s Geek Out With the Physics of Spider-Man’s Webs
Scientists Map the Receptor That Makes Weed Work
Jill Tarter Never Found Aliens—But Her Successors Might
Put Down That Ketchup and Step Away From the Hot Dog Slowly
What's Inside Triple-Action Mace? Chili Peppers and UV Dye
Pentagon ‘Space Corps’ Plan Leaves Earth Science in the Dust
Your Connected Devices Are Screwing Up Astronomy
Google Unveils an AI Investment Fund. It's Betting on an App Store for Algorithms.
Prisoners of Gravity: Hey, TV Sci-Fi Can Have Ideas After All
Sorry, Han Solo, Star Wars Don't Need No Stinking Directors
Let’s Slice Open the Biggest Contemporary Art Museum in the US
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Oh, Lovely: The Tick That Gives People Meat Allergies Is Spreading
The 20 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, From Malmö to Montreal
The Maker of the Most Iconic Chair Wants You to Stand Up
This New Atari-Playing AI Wants to Dethrone DeepMind
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Meet the 89-Year-Old Reinventing the Train in His Backyard
The Physics of Nearly Killing Yourself on a Motorcycle
String Theory’s Weirdest Ideas Finally Make Sense—Thanks to VR
Want to Understand Creativity? Enlist an AI Collaborator
The Physics of Bullets Vs. Wonder Woman’s Bracelets
Crispr’s Next Big Debate: How Messy Is Too Messy?
Wearables Reveal the Secret Lives of Farm Animals
Lyme Isn’t the Only Disease Ticks Are Spreading This Summer
Trump’s Budget Forgets That Science Is Insurance for America
Eruptions Says Goodbye to WIRED
One Man’s Quest to Make 20-Year-Old Rum in Just Six Days
Want Efficient Energy? Try Carbon Dioxide-Powered Turbines
This New Goldilocks Rocket Is Juuust Right for Small Satellites
Cool Spacewalk, Right? Get Ready for More—ISS Will Need Fixin’
A Physicist Breaks Down One of Roger Moore’s Iconic Bond Stunts
Medicine Is Going Digital. The FDA Is Racing to Catch Up
In Defense of the Reality of Time
If civilization still exists a centuryfrom now, Earth ought to throw a parade for pension funds. For all their fiscally conservative stodginess, the people tasked with safeguarding your nest egg are forcing the financial world to pay attention to climate change.
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Scientists 3-D Print Mouse Ovaries That Actually Make Babies
Moms: Your Kids Hijacked Your Brain for Life
Your Fidget Spinner Is (Maybe) Making You Smarter
An Electric Shock Could Keep Patients From Bleeding Out
The Traditional Lecture Is Dead. I Would Know—I’m a Professor
The Finesse of Flying Cassini Between Saturn’s Rings
Brian Greene on How Science Became a Political Prisoner
Want to Know How Long a Fidget Spinner Spins? Get a Laser and Some Physics
What Happens When You Train Like Nike’s Two-Hour Marathon Runners
In Which We Literally Calculate the Power of the Force
A Rare Journey Into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, a Super-Bunker That Can Survive Anything
How a Missing Penny Explains the Conservation of Energy
India’s Silicon Valley Is Dying of Thirst. Your City May Be Next
Scientists Brew Up the Creepiest Batches of Brain Balls Yet
You Want Better Beer? Good. Here’s a Better Barley Genome
Let’s Do the Shocking Physics of Why Power Lines Sag
Marching Brought Scientists Together—But What Do They Do Now?
So, That Asteroid Didn’t Kill Earth. Bonus: It Delivered Tons of Data
Who’ll Really Benefit From Verily’s Exhaustive Health Study?
The Mystery of the 5-Foot-Long Shipworm Just Got Stinkier
How Steve Wozniak Got Over His Fear of Robots Turning People Into Pets
Let’s Model Radioactive Decay to Show How Carbon Dating Works
The Secret to Training for a Marathon: Just Keep Running
A Crucial Climate Mystery Hides Just Beneath Your Feet
How Hard Does Thor Hit Hulk in That Ragnarok Trailer? Let’s Do the Physics!
To Save Florida’s Famous Oranges, Scientists Race to Weaponize a Virus
The ‘Most Dangerous’ Volcano Can Be a Tricky Thing to Pin Down
Pricey Technology Is Keeping People Alive Who Don’t Want to Live
Why You Should Put Your Supercomputer in Wyoming
Coastal Inundation Reveals the Upside of Climate Change
You Could Soon Print Out Simple Electronics With Your Deskjet
Elon Musk Isn’t the Only One Trying to Computerize Your Brain
Want to Play Scrabble Like a Pro? Here’s Your Memory Trick
The Fanged Fish That Drugs Its Enemies With Opioids
A Russian Volcano Just Erupted for the First Time in Centuries
In Science, You Can’t Always Get What You Want
What’s the Point of Going to Space if You Don’t Make Booze?
Meet the Woman Who Can See With Her Ears
Somebody Just Buy the ISS Already
The Billionaire on a Mission to Save the Planet From Trump
Catnip Ain’t the Only Plant That’ll Send Your Kitty to Blissville
Got a Sock Stuck in Your Vacuum? It’s Time for Some Physics
Artificial Intelligence Is Learning to Predict and Prevent Suicide
Trump’s Budget Would Break American Science, Today and Tomorrow
What if Quantum Computers Used Hard Drives Made of DNA?
Humans Made the Banana Perfect—But Soon, It’ll Be Gone
The Feds Are Spending Millions to Help You Survive Nuclear War
Want to Make It as a Biologist? Better Learn to Code
Telemedicine Could Be Great, if People Stopped Using It Like Uber
Ben Carson Just Got a Whole Lot Wrong About the Brain
The Beauty of Mathematics: It Can Never Lie to You
Let’s Do the Physics Of Knocking an Asteroid Into the Sun
You Spend 5 Percent of Your Day Outside. Try Making It More
MIT’s Crispr Guy Braves Enemy Territory at UC Berkeley
Italy’s Etna Volcano Throws Lava Bombs in Its First Big Eruption of 2017
California Needs Atmospheric Rivers. But Like, Not This Many
SpaceX Plans to Launch Humans Around the Moon in 2018
Inside the Extreme Machine That Mimics Bombs and Black Holes
7 Earth-Like Worlds Orbit a Star So Cool, You Didn’t Know It Existed
Forget Weather Apps: Measure the Wind Yourself With an Old Electric Motor
A Wet Winter Is Overwhelming California’s Ancient Infrastructure
Flying at Light Speed Is Pretty Much Impossible—Unless You’re Han Solo
How to Avoid Getting Tricked into Assassinating Someone
Why Is Oroville a Big Deal? Look at All the Places That Need Its Water
A Patent Decision on Crispr Gene Editing Favors MIT
How Does a $575 Life-Saving Drug Jump to $4,500? Blame a Perverse System
Robo-Telescopes Capture the Last Gasp of a Dying Star
How Much Energy Does Iron Fist Pack Into His Superpowered Punch?
Squid Communicate With a Secret, Skin-Powered Alphabet
Earth’s Best Defense Against Killer Asteroids Needs Cash
The Secret to Running a Faster Marathon? Slow Down
Physicists, Lasers, and an Airplane: Taking Aim at Quantum Cryptography
A Blackjack Superstar Explains the Odds of the Historic Patriots Win
Doctors and Patients Reel After Trump’s Immigration Ban
Spill-Proof Cups Aren’t Magic. They’re Physics!
Ever Had a Really Long Acid Trip? Now Science Knows Why
Trump’s Muslim Ban Isn’t Just Inhumane—It’ll Make America Dumber
So You Wanna Get Into Physics. Here Are Three Tips and Tricks
First Human-Pig Chimera Is a Step Toward Custom Organs
How Being Bored Out of Your Mind Makes You More Creative
Sorry, But Speed Reading Won’t Help You Read More
It’s Time to Stand Up for the Climate—and for Civilization
Soft Robot Exosuits Will Give You Springier Steps
Physics Explains How (But Not Why) Humans Can Throw Washing Machines
Why It’s Impossible to Predict When That Giant Antarctic Ice Sheet Will Split
Did LeBron James Flop? Here’s What Physics Says
The Man in the Zebra Suit Knows the Secret of the Stripes
Think Exercise Is Hard? Try Training Like a Nike Super-Athlete
Don’t You Dare Try to Teach Science Without Building Models
To Understand PTSD, Send Scientists to War
Don’t Turn Earth Into Venus, Warns NASA Ex-Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan
Let’s Learn Some Physics Playing With Compound Pulleys
NASA’s Newest Robots Will Spy on Mysterious Lil Asteroids
The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts Only Gets More Beautiful From Here
California’s Huge Storm Could Cause Disastrous Melting in the Mountains
WIRED’s Required Science Reading From 2016
How Long Would It Take to Scale a Mountain in a Human-Powered Chairlift?
Inside the Lab that Grows Human Skin to Test Your Cosmetics
Vote for the 2016 Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year
SpaceX’s Year of Fiery Triumphs and Explosive Failure
The Mysterious Virus That Could Cause Obesity
WIRED’s Guide to Turning Your Kids Into Masterful Makers
How Science Uncovered $80 Million of Fine Art Forgeries
Let’s-a-Go: The Physics of Jumping in Super Mario Run
Here’s How Much That Lego Brick You Stepped on Is Worth
Why Do Dogs Love Yoga Mats So Much?
Civil War Turns Syria’s Doctors Into Masters of Improvisation
Thousands of Invisible Oil Spills Are Destroying The Gulf
A Swarm of Earthquakes Shakes Mount St. Helens
Inside the Hunt for a Ghost Particle
John Glenn, First US Astronaut to Orbit Earth, Has Died at 95
SpaceX Says It’s Ready for Liftoff Again. The FAA Begs to Differ
NASA’s Power Supply Mistake on the ISS Was Totally Avoidable
Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon Ran a Massive Climate Experiment
Magnets Aren’t Miracles, But Solar Flares Burst With Magic
Dozens of Earthquakes Rattle a Chilean Volcano, Raising Alerts
New Zealand, the Kardashians, and the Battle to Control Manuka Honey
How Humans Can Force the Machines to Play Fair
No, Gotham, That’s Not How Tightropes Work
Blood Diseases Could Show Crispr’s Potential as Therapy
Why Japan’s 6.9 Quake Wasn’t 2011 All Over Again
Nobody Knows Where This Big Raft of Pumice Came From
Record Temperatures Are Robbing the Arctic Of Its Winter
The Physics of Throwing a Starship Off a Cliff to Make It Fly
Apple Pay Will Change the Way Your Brain Thinks About Buying Things
China Used Crispr to Fight Cancer in a Real, Live Human
The Biologist Trying to Make the First Pregnancy Test for Sharks
You Can’t Just Link Batteries Willy Nilly and Expect Everything to Be OK
Can’t Imagine Shapes in 4 Dimensions? Just Print Them Out
Legal Weed Has Arrived. Get Ready for the Budweiser of Bud
To Build A Viable HIV Vaccine, Start from the Molecule Up
A Groundbreaking 30-Year Old Evolutionary Experiment Is Still Going Strong
2016’s Election Data Hero Isn’t Nate Silver. It’s Sam Wang
How NASA Will Choose Astronauts for Its Incredible Journey to Mars
Physics Says This Is the Best Way to Deal With Hot Coffee
A Material From Shapeshifting Planes Could Heal Human Flesh
The Dismal Science of the Standing Rock Pipeline Protests
Electron Microscopes Can Finally See in Wonderful Color
How NASA Got Every Last Piece of Pluto Data Down From New Horizons
Molten Salt Reactors Could Soon Help Power Earth—And One Day Mars
The Lava That Doesn’t Erupt Anymore
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Facing Climate Change, Tanzania Can’t Afford to Fear GM Crops
Obama Geeks Out Over a Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm That ‘Feels’
If Billionaires Fund Your Research, Don’t Take Public Money
MacGyver’s Body-Bag Freefall Might Actually Work. Physics Says So
One Great Way to Reduce Gun Violence? A Whole Lot of Data
Cholera in Haiti Isn’t Just Bad News—It’s Not Going Away
Japan’s Mount Aso Had a Yuge Eruption. Yuge!
Don’t Get Shaken Up Over California’s Newly Discovered Fault
Florida’s Beaches Have a Problem, and Hurricane Matthew Ain’t Helping
Farmers Are Manipulating Microbiomes to Help Crops Grow
Blue Origin’s Escape Pod Worked, and, Bonus! The Rocket Didn’t Go Kaboom
Hawaii’s Mysterious Coral Reefs Turn Out to Be Super Weird
An Ode to the Rosetta Spacecraft as It Flings Itself Into a Comet
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The Feds Just Made It Easier to Do Research on Weed
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How That Chucklehead Climbed Trump Tower Without Splattering
The Untold Story of Neuroscience’s Most Famous Brain
Sorry, Folks. The LHC Didn’t Find a New Particle After All
Crafty Ideas to Make Drone Deliveries Work for Everybody
Germs Are Magic and Other Things We Learned From Ed Yong’s New Book
HUMANS DON’T SPONTANEOUSLY combust, but manure does. A stable full of manure caught fire last week in Throop, New York, leaving the town smelling … unpleasant. The horses aren’t to blame, though. Microbes are.
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From Security, Spoken: Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control
June 2, 20249min 31sec
We're bringing an extra episode from our show Security, Spoken.
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world's biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
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