Technology
The US Is About to Drown in a Sea of Kittens
Cats are most fertile during the summer months, but in recent years “kitten season” has been starting earlier and lasting longer....
Why You Hear Voices in Your White Noise Machine
If you've ever heard music, voices, or other sounds while trying to sleep with a white noise machine running, you're not losing your...
The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through...
Some species can absorb extreme amounts of nickel from soils. Such “phytomining” could help provide batteries essential for the renewable...
A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person...
A 62-year-old Massachusetts man with failing kidneys is the first living patient to receive a genetically altered kidney from a pig.
Europe Is Struggling to Coexist With Wild Bears
A fatal bear attack in Slovakia reignited accusations that conservationists are protecting the animals at the expense of human safety....
Watch Neuralink’s First Human Subject Demonstrate His Brain-Computer...
In a livestream on X, the paralyzed 29-year-old man used his Neuralink brain implant to control a computer.
There Are Already More Measles Cases in the US This Year...
The CDC is begging Americans to get vaccinated against measles as cases continue to rise.
The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point
A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and other e-waste a year—and recycling less...
A hidden Arctic cave holds secrets about our past and future
For half-a-century scientists have wondered what clues this enigmatic Greenland cave might hold. Now they're about to find out
This concrete can eat carbon emissions
Concrete is responsible for more than four percent of all global CO2 emissions. In the race to find alternatives, some companies are...

