Technology

The Secret Workings of Smell Receptors, Revealed At Last

Researchers have finally seen how some of them bind to odor molecules—yielding new insights into one of the most mysterious and versatile...

A $26 Billion Plan to Save the Houston Area From Rising...

Lawmakers are poised to decide the fate of a massive project to protect the Texas coast from surging seawater.

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What the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Reveals About Humankind

The document says less about the search for life in the universe, and more about our current cultural climate and distrust of expertise.

US Vaccinations Slow, Americans Venture Out, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

What If Doctors Are Always Watching but Never There?

Remote technology could save lives by monitoring health from home or outside the hospital. It could also push patients and health...

Tiny Satellites Could Help Warn of the Next Big Hurricane

A constellation of nanosats could improve our understanding of the world’s most dangerous storms.

How to Break Into the Hex From 'WandaVision'—With Physics!

Want to safely pass through the radiation field surrounding the town of Westview? You're going to need some lead—and some handy equations.

Volunteers Digitized Centuries of Handwritten Rain Data

As the UK went into lockdown, 16,000 volunteers put their spare time to good use, transcribing 350 years of archival records for use...

The Delta and Gamma Covid-19 Variants Are Taking Over the...

The two variants are threatening Alpha’s reign—and country's path out of the pandemic.

The Coelacanth May Live for a Century. That’s Not Great...

Scale markings reveal that this weird fish's lifespan is double what scientists first estimated. That also means they’re closer to...