Technology
Could Brain Training Help Address Police Brutality?
New neuroscience-based technologies aim to improve decisionmaking under pressure. But solving systemic problems will take a lot more...
A New Way to Shape Metal Nanoparticles—With a Magnetic...
Making the tiny nanoparticles used in everything from electronics to paint isn't easy. But a new experiment creates order out of chaos.
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Will a Volcanic Eruption Be a Burp or a Blast?
Scientists have begun to decipher the seismic signals that reveal how explosive a volcanic eruption is going to be.
The Drought Is Making the Klamath River’s Baby Salmon Sick
Dry conditions are worsening a warm-water disease that’s sweeping through juvenile fish. Their deaths will create a future crisis...
New Vaccine Incentives, Surplus Dose Shipments, and More...
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
You Need to Weigh Some Water. All You’ve Got Is a Paper...
OK, so you might need a couple other supplies, but your best option is to do what MacGyver would do: Turn it into a scale.
Wait, Vaccine Lotteries Actually Work?
Ooh, the behavioral economists are going to be so smug about this.
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.
