Technology
Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon...
Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for a collapse of the Amazon in the...
How Do Heat Pumps Work?
Our in-house physics whiz explains how a heat pump can warm your home without burning fossil fuels.
Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better
Erasing key information during training allows machine learning models to learn new languages faster and more easily.
Solar-Powered Farming Is Quickly Depleting the World's...
Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil...
Stop Misunderstanding the Gender Health Gap
Sex differences explain some of the gaping health inequalities between men and women—but a lot of the time, it’s sexism.
A 62-Year-Old German Man Got 217 Covid Shots—and Was Totally...
Hundreds of boosters over a 29-month period had little effect on the one person who tried it.
Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly...
De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences claims it has found a way to reprogram elephant cells, a technical breakthrough that could...
A New Headset Aims to Treat Alzheimer’s With Light and...
An experimental device developed by Cognito Therapeutics seeks to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients using light and sound.
Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea-Level...
Coastal land is dropping, known as subsidence. That could expose hundreds of thousands of additional Americans to inundation by 2050.
Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble
White spruce are spreading in the high north, thanks to extra snow. That “Arctic greening” has serious climate implications.
