Technology
As Waters Warm, Alaska Experiences Salmon Booms and Busts
Chaotic returns leave some communities with an abundance of fish, and others with none.
How to Prevent Another European Transport Meltdown
This summer’s heat wave knocked roads, railways, and runways out of action. But existing solutions could help shore up critical infrastructure.
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The New Climate Bill’s Secret Weapon? Tax Credits
The Inflation Reduction Act would provide billions for Americans to modernize their homes. It’s a way to encourage mass climate action.
How to Simulate Walking on the Moon—Without Leaving the...
It’s impossible to reduce gravity, but you can find some clever ways around it.
This Stamp-Sized Ultrasound Patch Can Image Internal Organs
Getting a scan usually means a visit to a doctor and some giant equipment. What if that gear was wearable?
NASA Delayed the Psyche Launch. Here’s Why That’s a Big...
Heavenly bodies are always in motion: Pushing back the asteroid probe’s blastoff date could require a new trajectory, longer travel...
Martin Shkreli Is Back With a Web3 Drug Discovery Platform
Just out of prison, the former executive is launching a crypto-backed venture that tests the limits of his lifetime ban from the pharmaceutical...
The Big Business of Burying Carbon
The porous rock beneath the Gulf Coast launched the petroleum age. Now entrepreneurs want to turn it into a gigantic sponge for storing...
Carbon Offsets Alone Won’t Make Flying Climate-Friendly
Carbon dioxide emissions aren’t the only way aviation warms the planet. Exhaust contains a host of polluting particles, from soot...
Don’t Call the New Federal Gun Law a Gun Law
Democratic senators lacked actionable gun data for their negotiations—so they passed mental health reform instead.
