Technology
How Preserving Agave Could Help Save an Endangered Bat
Climate change and overgrazing are destroying the plants on which the Mexican long-nosed bat depends. Now, an initiative is trying...
The End Game of China’s Zero-Covid Policy Nightmare
As most of the world decides to live with the virus, China is doubling down on a strategy to crush it. But at what cost?
Researchers Want to Create 'Universal Donor' Lungs
An experiment to change the blood type of donated organs could be a first step to shortening transplant wait times.
Jacques Vallée Still Doesn’t Know What UFOs Are
After six globe-trotting decades spent probing “the phenomenon,” the French information scientist is sure of only one thing: The truth...
It Might Be Time to Take Methane Removal Seriously
An alarming spike in the second-most-damaging greenhouse gas is giving wind to a once fringe idea: Take it out of the air.
DeepMind Has Trained an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion
The Google-backed AI firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.
Serious, Salty Trouble Is Brewing Under Antarctic Glaciers
Alarming new research suggests warm seawater is rushing under the ice, perhaps doubling the rate of melting.
Driving While Baked? Inside the High-Tech Quest to Find...
There is no scientific way to tell if you’re stoned behind the wheel. That’s a problem for police—and you. One company is aiming to...
For Insect Farming to Work, Scientists Need to Build a...
Faster-growing, fatter critters could provide the protein needed to raise more climate-friendly livestock and pets.
The Quest to Make a Digital Replica of Your Brain
Digital twins, virtual copies of everything from bridges to aeroplanes, are coming for healthcare. A European project, called Neurotwin,...