Technology
Virgin Orbit Just Launched a Rocket From a 747
Launching rockets from planes is a decades-old concept that never really took off. Billionaire Richard Branson thinks its time has...
The Crooked, Complex Geometry of Round Trips
Imagine if we lived on a cube-shaped Earth. How would you find the shortest path around the world?
The Physics of Reddit's Spinning Solar System Icon
If the dots on the loading screen were planets, is their motion realistic? And can we actually model it?
Can This Group Revive the Finicky Corpse Flower?
In botanic gardens around the world, the reproductive future of the famously smelly plant is threatened. A new collaborative program...
Faster Vaccinations, New Mutations, and More Coronavirus...
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
2020 Was the One of the Hottest Years on Record
Officials from NASA and NOAA say the warming of both the planet’s air and water are driving weather disasters.
Everything We Know Now About Schools, Kids, and Covid-19
Researchers are finally getting good data on how severely SARS-CoV-2 affects children and how they transmit it. What does it mean...
Adorable Fish Bots Get Schooled in How to Swarm
Meet Bluebot, a friendly swimming robot with big camera eyes. Put a few in a tank together and they’ll collaborate to complete surprisingly...
Can an AI Predict the Language of Viral Mutation?
Computational biologists used an algorithm meant to model human language to instead predict how viruses could evolve to evade the...
These Adorable Fish Robots Form Schools Like the Real Thing
Meet Bluebot, a friendly swimming robot with big camera eyes. Put a few in a tank together and they’ll collaborate to complete surprisingly...
