Technology

UK Considers New Smartphone Bans for Children

A proposed law would tighten up phone bans in schools and limit how tech companies use children’s data, but experts are unconvinced...

How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape under...

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Dolphins Are Exhaling Microplastics

New research highlights how extensive plastic pollution is—and how nonhuman species, including dolphins, are exposed.

California Is Flooding School Cafeterias With Vegan Meals—and...

Credit environmentally conscious students—and a handful of state funding programs.

The Physics Trick That Makes These New Super Cars So Insanely...

Zero to 60 in 1.4 seconds? By lowering air pressure under the car, automakers can dial the acceleration way up.

How a 12-Ounce Layer of Foam Changed the NFL

Even the makers of the Guardian Cap admit it looks silly. But for a sport facing an existential brain-injury crisis, once unthinkable...

After Hurricane Milton, Get Ready for Mold

Thousands may now be at risk of mold-related illnesses following this year's hurricanes in the American South.

NASA Will Do Space in Style With the Prada Axiom Spacesuit

In Milan, the fashion house and Axiom Space have revealed how astronauts will be decked out on the lunar surface during the Artemis...

The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist...

The death of an American woman inside Philip Nitschke’s latest invention reveals the next frontier in the right-to-die debate.

Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida...

A Tampa-based company that makes atmospheric water generators and the state of Florida were able to supply one to a hospital shortly...