Technology
What It's Like to Give Up Air Travel to Curb Climate Change
These three families gave up flying to reduce their emissions. Here's how it's shaping their relationship to people and places.
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Inside the International Effort to Save One Tiny Mexican...
Scientists and schoolchildren worked together to bring the tequila fish back from extinction in the wild.
Kombucha Cultures Could Be the Key to Better Water Filters
A study found that filtration membranes formed from SCOBYs are more effective at preventing bacterial growth than commercial equivalents.
Politicians Say It’s Time to Live With Covid. Are You Ready?
As countries declare endemicity and drop restrictions, how does a battered and bruised society embrace a sudden return to normality?
The Physics of the N95 Face Mask
You’ve seen them a million times. You might be wearing one right now. But how do they work to block a potentially virus-carrying respiratory...
Did Eating Meat Really Make Us Human?
For decades, scientists thought that being more carnivorous set our ancestors along their evolutionary path. New evidence casts doubt...
The Role of Tau in Dementia
Understanding the protein’s role in the cell shows what's happening in neurodegenerative diseases before symptoms emerge.
Physicists Created Bubbles That Can Last for Over a Year
If you've ever blown bubbles, you know how quickly they burst. Now French researchers have concocted a type that stays intact for...
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NASA’s Newest Spinoff Tech Comes Back to Earth
While the space agency didn't actually develop Tang, its R&D includes everything from robot gloves to vertical farming—with commercial...
Why Some Animals Can Tell More From Less
Researchers find that densely packed neurons play an outsize role in quantitative skill—calling into question old assumptions about...
