Technology
Farming Drives Toward ‘Precision Agriculture’ Technologies
Although real-world data is scant, proponents say robotics and AI will soon revolutionize agriculture.
A Powerful ISS Instrument Will Hunt for Minerals in Dusty...
NASA’s EMIT mission will better analyze the grime from dust-spewing regions, a critically understudied factor in climate change.
How Realistic Is the Celestial Navigation in Moon Knight?
You can definitely use the stars as your guide. But let’s check whether a scene from the Disney+ live action series would work in...
A Guide to Abortion Resources in a Post-Roe America
Most people don’t think about abortion until they need one. But with the right to access under threat, the time to plan is now.
These Nanobots Can Swim Around a Wound and Kill Bacteria
Researchers have created autonomous particles covered with patches of protein “motors.” They hope these bots will tote lifesaving...
Bill Gates Is So Over This Pandemic
The acerbic optimist thinks anxious people (like me) need to move on from Covid and start planning for the next vicious pathogen.
Researchers Grew Tiny Plants in Moon Dirt Collected Decades...
The seedlings sprouted in the regolith scooped up in the 1960s and ’70s, but astronauts won’t be harvesting lunar spuds anytime soon.
An Elusive Gravity Signal Could Mean Faster Earthquake...
Tiny wobbles in Earth’s gravitational field could help detect big tremors faster, but they’re hard to tease out from the planet’s...
Delegates at the UN Have Begun Forging New Rules for Space
International experts are using earthly policies as models to hash out regulations for orbiting spacecraft, from preventing conflict...
Ticks Are Spreading in the US—and Taking New Diseases With...
The vast majority of tick-borne disease goes unrecorded, meaning life-threatening pathogens are traveling under the radar to new locations.
