Technology
Can a Digital Reality Be Jacked Directly Into Your Brain?
The idea of a synthetic experience uploaded to the mind has been a sci-fi fantasy forever. New brain-computer interfaces are making...
Austria’s Covid Surge Is a Warning to the World
As the nation locks down and plans a vaccine mandate, a bleak second pandemic winter risks overwhelming Europe and beyond.
To Help People With Long Covid, Scientists Need to Define...
Patients with the perplexing syndrome have reported 200 different symptoms. Researchers will have to decide which to study—and rule...
NASA Really Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid
The DART mission is scheduled to launch early Wednesday. It will crash into an asteroid to see if it's possible to deflect one.
NASA Really Wants Its Spacecraft to Slam Into an Asteroid
The DART mission is scheduled to launch early Wednesday. It will crash into an asteroid to see if it's possible to deflect one.
Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean
The size of undersea creatures seemed to follow a strange but stable pattern—until industrial fishing came along.
Researchers Want to Restore ‘Good Noise’ in Older Brains
Aging people lose variation in brain oxygen levels—a sign of declining cognitive flexibility. A new drug study probes whether that...
A New Theory for Systems That Defy Newton’s Third Law
In nonreciprocal systems, “exceptional points” are helping researchers understand phase transitions and possibly other phenomena.
The North Carolina Town Besieged by Armadillos
Thanks to climate change, the armored animals are making their way up north. And there’s no sign of them stopping their relentless...
New Covid Drugs Are Here—and They Could Change the Pandemic
Two antivirals could help beat Covid-19 in countries that don’t have vaccines yet. They just need to work as promised.