Technology
A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles...
The two tech titans funded an effort to bring metagenomic sequencing and software to poor countries. Now, it’s helping trace the spread...
How Long Could the World Run on Geothermal Power?
If everyone went 100 percent geothermal today, Earth’s store of thermal energy would still outlive the sun.
Two Physicists Bet Over a Quantum Computing Moon Shot
Topological quantum computing has long been a beautiful dream. Two top scientists are now facing off over whether it will exist by...
Worried About Covid-19? Hospitals Have a Request: Stay...
More US health care facilities may soon need to treat coronavirus patients, so doctors don't want to use up precious resources on...
Ultra-Fast Genome Sequencing Could Save the Lives of Newborns
Whole genome tests can help identify the cause of a baby's mysterious illness. But ethicists say it's still too soon to use them for...
A Computer Science Proof Holds Answers for Math and Physics
An advance in our understanding of quantum computing offers stunning solutions to problems that have long puzzled mathematicians and...
Trump’s Coronavirus Press Event Was Even Worse Than It...
His remarks at the CDC on Friday were misguided, misleading, and show how misinformation could hamper Covid-19 containment efforts.
Space Photos of the Week: Perfectly Safe Celestial Coronas
Leave Earth and its corona-related problems behind.
The Coronavirus Could Put an End to Handshakes
The rate of change in everyday rituals is accelerating, in part because we’re living in an era of heightened disease awareness.
Dolphins Are Still Accidental Casualties of Tuna Fishing
A new study estimates that about 80,000 cetaceans are swept up every year by tuna-fishing nets in the Indian Ocean.
