Technology
Emergency Planners Are Having a Moment
Governments, businesses, and even militaries pay for experts to help them prepare for the worst. In a world lurching from disaster...
Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate...
Extreme heat waves are already here, and they are killing tens of thousands of people. Blasting through 2 degrees Celsius of warming...
Alabama IVF Patients Are Running Out of Time
“I feel so powerless in this state.”
A Discarded Plan to Build Underwater Cities Will Give Coral...
A 1970s plan to grow underwater limestone objects has been repurposed as a way of regenerating the seabed, reestablishing corals,...
There’s a New Theory About Where Dark Matter Is Hiding
An idea derived from string theory suggests that dark matter is hidden in an as-yet-unseen extra dimension. Scientists are racing...
Frequent Heavy Rain Has Made California a Mudslide Hotspot
Los Angeles saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding.
Odysseus Marks the First US Moon Landing in More Than 50...
A Houston-based company called Intuitive Machines made lunar history this week.
Is This New 50-Year Battery for Real?
BetaVolt’s nuclear battery lasts for decades, but you won’t see one in your next iPhone—powering a mobile device would require a cell...
What Would Happen if Every American Got a Heat Pump
Getting these climate superheroes into more US homes would massively cut emissions, and it would be cost-effective. Here’s how the...
A New Startup Wants to Turn the Sugar You Eat Into Fiber
Americans eat too much sugar. Food tech company Zya is developing a substance to add to sweet foods that can convert some of that...