Technology
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases...
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its...
Trump’s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel...
The Trump administration aims to make fossil fuels cheap—so cheap they wouldn’t be worth extracting. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing...
States and Startups Are Suing the US Nuclear Regulatory...
Critics of the NRC say its red tape and lengthy authorization timelines stifle innovation, but handing some of its responsibilities...
As Measles Cases Surge, Mexico Issues a US Travel Alert
The border state of Chihuahua has recorded 713 confirmed cases, with its outbreak linked to the ongoing cluster of cases north of...
Europe’s Devastating Power Outage in Photos
A massive blackout hit Spain, Portugal, and southern France on Monday, causing disruptions to transportation, communications, and...
The Agonizing Task of Turning Europe’s Power Back On
A massive blackout affecting Spain, Portugal, and parts of France has been blamed on atmospheric conditions. Now engineers face the...
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Scientists Believe They’ve Witnessed ‘Planetary Suicide’...
New data from the James Webb Space Telescope suggests a planet in a faraway solar system was consumed by a star by hurling itself...
How to Watch the Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower
This meteor shower is underway and peaks on the night of May 5–6. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the other major...
A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class...
It’s been difficult to find important questions that quantum computers can answer faster than classical machines, but a new algorithm...
Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the...
This energy storage technology is harnessing the potential of solar and wind power—and its deployment is growing exponentially.
