Technology
The Quest to Treat Binge-Eating and Addiction—With Brain...
Delivering small bursts of electric current via brain implants has long been used to treat Parkinson’s and epilepsy. Can it work for...
A Clever Way to Map the Moon’s Surface—Using Shadows
How shade is cast reveals details of the rugged lunar landscape, allowing NASA to create 3D models for astronauts and rovers.
A New 3,200-Megapixel Camera Has Astronomers Salivating
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s key instrument is almost ready to be installed on the telescope, where it will image tens of billions...
War Is an Ecological Disaster—but Ukraine Can Build Back...
Russia’s invasion is reversing years of environmental progress. But the world can help Ukraine reconstruct its damaged landscape and...
A New Tool for Eruption Forecasting: Carbon-Catching Drones
In the future, remote-controlled quadcopters might mean that researchers won’t have to crawl inside volcanoes to collect carbon dioxide...
Ebola Is Back—and Vaccines Don’t Work Against It
Public health officials are racing to contain an outbreak in Uganda. It’s an urgent warning to the rest of the world.
The US Is Finally Considering Protections Against Salmonella
The bacteria, which contaminate poultry meat, sicken 1.35 million Americans every year. But there’s very little the federal government...
Why Delhi Is Teeming With Mosquitoes
City residents have long resorted to low-cost, do-it-yourself remedies that may be harmful to human health.
If You Don’t Already Live in a Sponge City, You Will Soon
Less pavement and more green spaces help absorb water instead of funneling it all away—a win-win for people and urban ecosystems.
How Iodine Pills Can—and Can’t—Help Against Radiation
East European governments are starting to distribute the tablets as a precaution, but there are limits to the protection they offer,...
