Technology
The Sneaky, Lying Flower That Pretends to Be a Rotting...
Aristolochia microstoma finds love by smelling like death. Coffin flies can’t resist.
The UK Has a Plan for a New ‘Pandemic Radar’ System
Disease surveillance schemes to catch the next rising virus already exist—they’re just not communicating with each other.
Peanut the Waiter Robot Is Proof That Your Job Is Safe
Restaurants are struggling to hire people, so one Jersey Shore grill employed a machine. It confirms that humans remain indispensable.
This Dam Acts Like a Water Cannon. Let’s Do Some Physics!
Like a giant bucket with a hole, the Funil Hydropower Plant sprays out an enormous jet of water. We can use its speed to calculate...
Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof
Some of nature’s simplest animals suggest that sleep evolved long before centralized nervous systems.
There’s a Great Whip Spider Boom. What Gives?
The discovery of exotic arachnids reveals as much about the structure of science as it does about the creatures.
The Covid Lab Leak Theory Is a Tale of Weaponized Uncertainty
Scientists almost never say they’re sure, and it could take years to pin down the pandemic's origins. Until then: People are trying...
Vaccine Milestones in the US, Shots for India, and More...
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
The Space and Air Forces Launch an LGBTQ Task Force
Ten years after “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” a major general from the Space Force is leading a new inclusion initiative.
NASA’s MOXIE Experiment Is Making Oxygen on Mars
Future crews on the Red Planet will need it to make propellant for the trip home. Scientists are also testing whether oxygen can be...
