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Power Shutoffs Can’t Save California From Wildfire Hell

As the World Burns

Power Shutoffs Can’t Save California From Wildfire Hell

Matt Simon

High Drama—and Erasure—at the Track World Championships

world records

High Drama—and Erasure—at the Track World Championships

Nicholas Thompson and Knox Robinson

The Physics Nobel Goes to the Big Bang and Exoplanets

cosmology

The Physics Nobel Goes to the Big Bang and Exoplanets

Sophia Chen

Microfibers Are the New Microbeads. Grab Your Pitchforks

To Arms!

Microfibers Are the New Microbeads. Grab Your Pitchforks

Matt Simon

A Cow, a Controversy, and a Dashed Dream of More Humane Farms

gene editing

A Cow, a Controversy, and a Dashed Dream of More Humane Farms

Megan Molteni

Ancient Sippy Cups, A Full-Control Android Hack, and More

Tech in Two

Ancient Sippy Cups, A Full-Control Android Hack, and More

Alex Baker-Whitcomb

Airbnb Wants to Send You to Antarctica. Don't Fall for It

thin ice

Airbnb Wants to Send You to Antarctica. Don't Fall for It

SHANNON PALUS

Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Your Body’s Oxygen Detector

deep breath

Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Your Body’s Oxygen Detector

Megan Molteni

The Style Maven Astrophysicists of Silicon Valley

Orion's Belts

The Style Maven Astrophysicists of Silicon Valley

Arielle Pardes

How Extinction Rebellion evolved its tactics for its London protests

Environment

How Extinction Rebellion evolved its tactics for its London protests

Nicole Kobie

Why I Coined the Term ‘Quantum Supremacy’

milestones

Why I Coined the Term ‘Quantum Supremacy’

John Preskill

Brain training apps don't really work. So why do we love them?

Neuroscience

Brain training apps don't really work. So why do we love them?

Sabrina Weiss

Ancient Sippy Cups Could Help Explain a Prehistoric Baby Boom

Child's Play

Ancient Sippy Cups Could Help Explain a Prehistoric Baby Boom

Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica

Netflix's ‘Unnatural Selection’ Trailer Makes Crispr Personal

DNA hacking

Netflix's ‘Unnatural Selection’ Trailer Makes Crispr Personal

Megan Molteni

Brewdog's bizarre hybrid burger isn't as ridiculous as it sounds

Food

Brewdog's bizarre hybrid burger isn't as ridiculous as it sounds

Laurie Clarke

Hurricanes May Be Reshaping Big Parts of the Ocean

deep churn

Hurricanes May Be Reshaping Big Parts of the Ocean

Eric Niiler

So You Want to Quit Vaping? No One Actually Knows How

Partly Cloudy

So You Want to Quit Vaping? No One Actually Knows How

Sara Harrison

The vaping deaths backlash is in danger of doing more harm than good

Health

The vaping deaths backlash is in danger of doing more harm than good

Matt Reynolds

If Each of Us Planted a Tree, Would It Slow Global Warming?

Dot-Physics

If Each of Us Planted a Tree, Would It Slow Global Warming?

Rhett Allain

Want to Find the Best Parking Spot? Do the Math

Optimization

Want to Find the Best Parking Spot? Do the Math

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica