Technology
Vaccines for Kids, a Global Surge in Cases, and More News
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
This Device Could Tune Your Heart—Then Dissolve Away
The latest in “electronic medicine” offers an alternative to temporary pacemakers and could help reduce tissue scarring.
The Next Covid-19 Battle Will Be About Vaccinating Kids
Pfizer and Moderna are midway through clinical trials, and the public health system is well versed in delivering childhood shots....
Be Very Careful Where You Build That Seawall
Walls are meant to keep out rising seas—but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding...
Volcanoes Might Explain That Phosphine on Venus
Last fall, researchers said the presence of phosphine in the planet's atmosphere could indicate life. But a new study says there could...
Be Very Careful About Where You Build That Seawall
Walls are meant to keep out rising seas—but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding...
Why Humans See Faces in Everyday Objects
The ability to spot Jesus’ mug in a piece of burnt toast might be a product of evolution.
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This Is How Aliens Might Search for Human Life
If habitable worlds exist around certain stars, they’d have just the right vantage point to spy on Earth.
A Son Is Rescued at Sea. But What Happened to His Mother?
Nathan Carman went fishing with his mom. A week later, he was found on a life raft—alone. Tragic accident or murder? Ocean sensors...
A Graphene ‘Camera’ Images the Activity of Living Heart...
Using a novel device made from carbon atoms and a laser, researchers captured real-time electrical signals from muscle tissue.
