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A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade

Level Up

A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade

Madison Goldberg

Did Climate Change Help This Skier Achieve the Impossible?

Zero to Hero

Did Climate Change Help This Skier Achieve the Impossible?

Charlie Metcalfe

Countries Are Building Giant ‘Sand Motors’ to Protect Their Coasts From Erosion

Adaptation

Countries Are Building Giant ‘Sand Motors’ to Protect Their Coasts From Erosion

Jake Bittle

NASA’s New PACE Observatory Searches for Clues to Humanity’s Future

Eye in the Sky

NASA’s New PACE Observatory Searches for Clues to Humanity’s Future

Matt Simon

NASA Engineers Are Racing to Fix Voyager 1

phone home

NASA Engineers Are Racing to Fix Voyager 1

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

This Small Wearable Device Reduces Parkinson’s Symptoms

Good Vibrations

This Small Wearable Device Reduces Parkinson’s Symptoms

Amit Katwala

These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump

Pump It Up

These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump

Matt Simon

A Study at the Center of the Abortion Pill Battle Was Just Retracted

mifepristone

A Study at the Center of the Abortion Pill Battle Was Just Retracted

Emily Mullin

How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles

Road Test

How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles

Steve Nadis

The US Has Big Plans for Wind Energy—but an Obscure 1920s Law Is Getting in the Way

Red Tape

The US Has Big Plans for Wind Energy—but an Obscure 1920s Law Is Getting in the Way

David Jen

You Can’t Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even If You Wanted To

Out of Stock

You Can’t Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even If You Wanted To

Matt Reynolds

Why Is Our Solar System Flat?

Dot Physics

Why Is Our Solar System Flat?

Rhett Allain

A Startup Has Unlocked a Way to Make Cheap Insulin

biosimilar

A Startup Has Unlocked a Way to Make Cheap Insulin

Emily Mullin

Inside the Beef Industry’s Campaign to Influence Kids

Bovine University

Inside the Beef Industry’s Campaign to Influence Kids

Matt Reynolds

Fiber Optics Bring You Internet. Now They’re Also Listening to Trains

Light Show

Fiber Optics Bring You Internet. Now They’re Also Listening to Trains

Matt Simon

Elon Musk Says a Human Patient Has Received Neuralink’s Brain Implant

bci

Elon Musk Says a Human Patient Has Received Neuralink’s Brain Implant

Emily Mullin

Scientists Just Discovered a New Type of Magnetism

Laws of Attraction

Scientists Just Discovered a New Type of Magnetism

Michael Greshko

Texas Is Already Running Out of Water

Dry January

Texas Is Already Running Out of Water

Dylan Baddour

How to Convince Your Flat-Earth Friends the World Is Round

Dot Physics

How to Convince Your Flat-Earth Friends the World Is Round

Rhett Allain

The Extreme Sport of Ice Climbing Is at Risk of Extinction

Melting Point

The Extreme Sport of Ice Climbing Is at Risk of Extinction

Jacopo Pasotti