Technology
How to Use Google Health Connect
Spend less time jumping between fitness and well-being apps, and organize your health data in one place.
The ‘30x30’ Conservation Goal Divides and Inspires at COP15
The target is dominating the summit, but the issue of finding a balance between Indigenous peoples’ rights and protecting 30 percent...
How Far Can You Fly a Battery-Powered Jumbo Jet?
The answer explains why electric cars are everywhere, but electric aircraft are still a novelty.
Bio-Based Plastics Aim to Capture Carbon. But at What Cost?
Growing crops to make plastic could theoretically reduce reliance on fossil fuels and even pull carbon out of the atmosphere, but...
A New NASA Satellite Will Map Earth’s Rising Seas
A spacecraft called SWOT will image most of the planet every 21 days to track flooding, drought, and many other water woes.
Antihelium Offers Hope in the Search for Dark Matter
An experiment at the Large Hadron Collider suggests there’s a chance of catching this elusive evidence as it floats through our galactic...
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A Smart Way to Get Ahead of the Next Flu Surge
Internet-connected thermometers can quickly show how influenza is spreading—so measures to control the disease can be targeted more...
The Grim Origins of an Ominous Methane Surge
During the coronavirus lockdowns, emissions of the potent greenhouse gas somehow soared. The culprit wasn't humans—but the Earth itself.
The Real Fusion Energy Breakthrough Is Still Decades Away
US nuclear scientists have achieved the long-sought goal of a fusion ignition—but don't expect this clean technology to power the...
How Do You Prove There’s Ice on the Moon? With a Lunar...
A briefcase-sized satellite will ping lasers at the lunar South Pole to locate ice and map it for future human explorers.
