Technology
You Can Count on Pi
On Pi Day we answer the burning question: Is there any world in which pi does not go on forever?
Climate Change Is Bad for Your Health, Wherever You Are
Rising temperatures are a threat regardless of where you live on the planet—they’re just dangerous in different ways.
Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea Level...
Coastal land is subsiding. That could expose hundreds of thousands of additional Americans to inundation by 2050.
Get Ready to Eat Pond Plants
Meet the amazing azolla, a nutritious fern that grows like crazy, capturing carbon in the process. Could it be a food—and fertilizer...
Your Next Job: Brain-Computer Interface Surgeon
When everyone's hooking their brains up to computers, we'll need BCI surgeons to install the hardware.
The 4 Big Questions the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Fails...
The Pentagon says it’s not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it is hiding. Here are the key questions that...
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...

