20 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2023
From the falling costs of renewable energy to new treatments for a whole host of diseases, 2023 wasn’t all doom and gloom. ..
From the falling costs of renewable energy to new treatments for a whole host of diseases, 2023 wasn’t all doom and gloom. ..
Eating organic and switching to low-energy light bulbs feels like the green thing to do, but are people missing the bigger opportunities right in front ..
Droughts, heat, and extreme weather are pushing crops to their limits. The race is on to innovate faster than the Earth warms. ..
A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California ..
This is the year that “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas” summed up the climate emergency. But dramatic descriptors extend to the huge gains humanity ..
Thanks in part to Elon Musk, the field of brain-computer interfaces has captured both public and investor interest, with a cadre of companies now developing ..
Space agencies and companies aim to send people to the Red Planet. But settling there would be hell on—well, you know what we mean. ..
2022 was a breakthrough year for xenotransplantation, a procedure that could be a lifeline for patients in desperate need of a donor. ..
EV batteries take up lots of space and resources. But most drivers won’t actually use all that power. ..
The epidemic has largely subsided, but largely because queer men seem to have learned more from AIDS and Covid-19 than the authorities did. ..