Technology
Electric Vehicles Could Rescue the US Power Grid
By 2035, the batteries in California’s zero-emission cars could power every home in the state for three days.
Epigenetic ‘Clocks’ Predict Animals’ True Biological Age
A statistical analysis of chemical tags on DNA may help unify disparate theories of aging.
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How to Design the Perfect Queue, According to Crowd Science
The line to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state is snaking across central London. Could it have been done better?
The Colorado River Is Dying. Can Its Aquatic Dinosaurs...
The razorback sucker has survived in the river for more than 3 million years. Climate change could end that.
Monkeypox Cases in the US Are Falling. There's No One Reason...
Many people changed their behavior, the vaccines might be helping, and the virus might someday burn itself out—but there’s not enough...
How a ‘Living Drug’ Could Treat Autoimmune Disease
CAR-T therapy has been successful at treating cancer. Now, it’s driven lupus into remission in a handful of patients.
The World Has Reached Peak Attenborough
The British documentarian is a national treasure. But soaring strings and stunning drone shots feel frozen in an earlier era of climate...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Digs Up Organic Molecules on...
These are tantalizing hints that microbes might have lived on Mars billions of years ago, but scientists need to study the rocks back...
Monkeypox Cases in the US Are Falling. No One Knows Why
Are the vaccines working, are people changing their social behavior, is the virus burning itself out—and how will we know?
Teaching ‘Selfish’ Wind Turbines to Share Can Boost Productivity
A software update can help turbines become less disruptive to their neighbors and distribute the wind more efficiently.
