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Why Can’t People Teleport?

Book Excerpt

Why Can’t People Teleport?

Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson

As the Arctic Warms, AI Forecasts Scope Out Shifting Sea Ice

Troubled Waters

As the Arctic Warms, AI Forecasts Scope Out Shifting Sea Ice

Eric Niiler

The United Nations Could Finally Create New Rules for Space

Space Diplomacy

The United Nations Could Finally Create New Rules for Space

Ramin Skibba

Climate-Driven Extinction Made Mammals' Teeth Less Weird

The Hard Tooth

Climate-Driven Extinction Made Mammals' Teeth Less Weird

Max G. Levy

Cars Are Going Electric. What Happens to the Used Batteries?

Unplugged

Cars Are Going Electric. What Happens to the Used Batteries?

Gregory Barber and Aarian Marshall

To Make an Eco-Friendly EV Battery, Think From the Inside Out

Recycle

To Make an Eco-Friendly EV Battery, Think From the Inside Out

Gregory Barber

These Batteries Can't Power a Car—but They Can Light a City

Second Life

These Batteries Can't Power a Car—but They Can Light a City

Aarian Marshall

Stop Telling Kids They’ll Die From Climate Change

Climate Crisis

Stop Telling Kids They’ll Die From Climate Change

Hannah Ritchie

The Race Is On to Develop a Vaccine Against Every Coronavirus

One Shot

The Race Is On to Develop a Vaccine Against Every Coronavirus

Maryn McKenna

Merck’s Antiviral Could Be Just What Covid Was Waiting For

Public Health

Merck’s Antiviral Could Be Just What Covid Was Waiting For

Grace Browne

Neuron Bursts Can Mimic a Famous AI Learning Strategy

Hard Drive

Neuron Bursts Can Mimic a Famous AI Learning Strategy

Allison Whitten

How to Talk to Children About Climate Change

Teach Them Well

How to Talk to Children About Climate Change

Emma Pattee

Your Next Cup of Coffee Could be Grown in a Lab

Your Next Cup of Coffee Could be Grown in a Lab

Jacopo Prisco

Tree Rings Show Modern Cyclones Are the Rainiest in Centuries

Wet wood

Tree Rings Show Modern Cyclones Are the Rainiest in Centuries

K.E.D. Coan, Ars Technica

A Water Crisis Reveals You Can't Recycle in the Arctic

One-Way Trip

A Water Crisis Reveals You Can't Recycle in the Arctic

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

How Parents Can Deal With Climate Anxiety

Deep Breaths

How Parents Can Deal With Climate Anxiety

Emma Pattee

Missing Forests Are Messing With Climate Targets

Missing Forests Are Messing With Climate Targets

Sarah Sax

A Deadly Microbe Mystery Leads to a Spray Sold at Walmart

Contaminated

A Deadly Microbe Mystery Leads to a Spray Sold at Walmart

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

Island Nations Unable to Attend UN Climate Talks May Vanish

COP26

Island Nations Unable to Attend UN Climate Talks May Vanish

Jocelyn Timperley

New England’s Moose Are Losing the Fight Against Winter Ticks

Wild Moose Chase

New England’s Moose Are Losing the Fight Against Winter Ticks

Ashley Stimpson