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Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests

Extreme Weather

Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests

Kiley Price

The ‘10 Martini’ Proof Connects Quantum Mechanics With Infinitely Intricate Mathematical Structures

Mathematical Physics

The ‘10 Martini’ Proof Connects Quantum Mechanics With Infinitely Intricate Mathematical Structures

Lyndie Chiou and Joseph Howlett

How Do Metal Detectors Work?

Dot Physics

How Do Metal Detectors Work?

Rhett Allain

A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos

Designer babies

A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos

Emily Mullin

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight

Shhh!

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight

Jay Bennett

A Fight Over Big Tech’s Emissions Has the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Caught in the Crossfire

Carbon Accounting

A Fight Over Big Tech’s Emissions Has the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Caught in the Crossfire

Isabel O’Brien

How to Keep Subways and Trains Cool in an Ever Hotter World

Heatpiercer

How to Keep Subways and Trains Cool in an Ever Hotter World

Chris Baraniuk

Rainfall Buries a Mega-Airport in Mexico

Eco-restoration

Rainfall Buries a Mega-Airport in Mexico

Anna Lagos

Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified

Extreme Weather

Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified

Molly Taft

Why Nicholas Thompson Made a Custom GPT to Run Faster

The Big Interview

Why Nicholas Thompson Made a Custom GPT to Run Faster

Katie Drummond

Man Has Pig Kidney Removed After Living With It for a Record 9 Months

Xenotransplantation

Man Has Pig Kidney Removed After Living With It for a Record 9 Months

Emily Mullin

Are Kids Still Looking for Careers in Tech?

STEM

Are Kids Still Looking for Careers in Tech?

Charley Locke

The Cure

AI as Therapist

The Cure

Alex Mar

AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness

AI as Sentient

AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness

Will Knight

Astronomers Have Discovered Earth’s Latest Quasi-Lunar Moon

Space Buddies

Astronomers Have Discovered Earth’s Latest Quasi-Lunar Moon

Jorge Garay

In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up

Dot Physics

In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up

Rhett Allain

Meet the Palestinian Teens Trying to Win Robotics Gold

STEM

Meet the Palestinian Teens Trying to Win Robotics Gold

Ben Dowsett

NASA’s Boss Just Shook Up the Agency’s Plans to Land on the Moon

Space Race

NASA’s Boss Just Shook Up the Agency’s Plans to Land on the Moon

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

Resistant Bacteria Are Advancing Faster Than Antibiotics

Bad Bugs

Resistant Bacteria Are Advancing Faster Than Antibiotics

Fernanda González

New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough

Tick Tock

New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough

Molly Taft