Is It Time to Call Time on the Doomsday Clock?
It’s been ticking down the seconds to nuclear apocalypse for three-quarters of a century, but it’s not so helpful when it comes to climate change. ..
It’s been ticking down the seconds to nuclear apocalypse for three-quarters of a century, but it’s not so helpful when it comes to climate change. ..
Google Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tech could inspire new perfumes—and help combat mosquito-borne ..
Half of the globe’s crop productivity comes from a key fertilizer ingredient that’s non-renewable—and literally washing away. ..
If you agree to provide some of your car’s battery power in times of high energy demand, you’ll get paid, and help make the grid more stable. ..
In France, a plan to cover swaths of asphalt with photovoltaics will bring renewable energy even closer to urban areas where it’s needed. ..
Two physicists find that our universe has a higher entropy—and is therefore more likely—than alternative possible universes. ..
The World Heritage site in southern Iraq survived Saddam Hussein’s campaign to drain the wetlands. Now they’re drying up, and biodiversity is collapsing. ..
In this cartoon world built to teach concepts from Randall Munroe’s book What If? 2, you can fly a rocket around randomly—or explore the physics of an alternate ..
The space agency gave money to researchers working on liquid telescope mirrors, a lunar oxygen pipeline, and Martian building blocks made of fungi. ..
Your body generates enough energy to power wearables, medical sensors, and implanted devices—and tech designers are plugging in. ..