Technology
The Last-Ditch Effort to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline
The gas pipeline stretching across Virginia and West Virginia is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to...
A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked...
Researchers want to use genetically engineered pig organs to help support people with liver failure.
The Murky Campaign to Discredit Lab-Grown Meat
A new ad campaign is targeting the cultivated meat industry on TV and online. Industry supporters criticize it as unscientific.
Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean...
The world’s trawlers are stirring carbon dioxide into the water—and into the atmosphere.
Scabies Is Making a Comeback
Cases of scabies, a highly contagious parasitic skin disease, are on the rise across Europe. The UK in particular is struggling with...
.jpg)
A Scandal Is Tearing the World of Record-Breaking Dogs...
After doubts were raised about a 31-year-old dog, Guinness World Records has paused its records for the world’s oldest dogs, leaving...
Unpicking the Mystery of the Body’s ‘Second Brain’
Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and...
A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile’s Desert....
The fashion industry has created a sprawling informal disposal network across the world—that brings with it money, conflict, and environmental...
The Boeing 737 Max Crisis Reignites Arguments Over Infant...
A midair blowout on a Boeing 737 Max 9 showed seatbelts matter, but infants under two still aren’t required to have their own seats....
These Mining Companies Are Ready to Raid the Seabed
Ocean exploration to prepare for deep-sea mining has been greenlit in Norway. These are the startups hoping to benefit.
