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How to Use Physics to Escape an Ice Bowl
Here are three smart tricks, based on an understanding of frictional forces, to beat a slippery slope.
Microdosing for Depression Appears to Work About as Well...
For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits...
This Chinese Startup Wants to Build a New Brain-Computer...
Gestala is the latest company to emerge from China’s burgeoning brain-computer interface industry. It plans to access the brain with...
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according...
The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Here’s...
Catastrophic risks are increasing, cooperation is declining, and swift action is needed from global leaders to correct course.
A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species...
Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign...
No One Is Quite Sure Why Ice Is Slippery
A thin, watery layer coating the surface of ice is what makes it slick. Despite a great deal of theorizing over the centuries, though,...
The US Is In For Another Bad Year of Measles Cases
A growing measles outbreak in South Carolina has infected more than 600 people since October, with hundreds more being potentially...
What We Know About the Winter Storm About to Hit the US—and...
A huge portion of the United States is going to be hit with snow or freezing rain this weekend. Exactly where, what, and how much...
The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t...
A new analysis finds that data centers’ energy demands will drastically increase power plant emissions over the next decade. Renewables,...
