Technology
In the Next Pandemic, Let’s Pay People to Get Vaccinated
Data from Sweden and the US suggests cash incentives increase uptake without denting people’s trust in vaccines or future willingness...
Drug Shortages Aren’t New. The Tripledemic Just Made You...
Flu meds and prescription drugs have been in short supply all winter—but the problem goes back over a decade.
The US Just Greenlit High-Tech Alternatives to Animal Testing
Lab animals have long borne the brunt of drug safety trials. A new law allows drugmakers to use miniature tissue models or "organs...
Astronomers May Have Just Spotted the Universe’s First...
NASA’s new JWST space telescope has revealed some cosmic surprises, including galaxies that might have assembled earlier than previously...
Does Dry January Really Make People Healthier?
Abstaining from alcohol can have immediate benefits. But lasting gains require lasting change.
What This Fearsome Weapon Reveals About Early Americans
The hottest West Coast tech 16,000 years ago was a “projectile point” for hunting game. Though tiny, the artifact tells an outsize...
What China’s Covid Crisis Means for the Rest of the World
The country’s surge in cases is a human tragedy but isn’t showing signs of changing the Covid picture in the West—where the virus...
How to Measure Ripples in Spacetime
Using the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms...
How Your Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions
The neural representations of a perceived image and the memory of it are almost the same. New research shows how and why they are...
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US Cities Are Falling Out of Love With the Parking Lot
California and many local governments are scrapping requirements that once made cars the center of the urban landscape.
