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A lit-up igloo under a starry night sky
Projects

How to build an igloo that’s structurally sound and cozy

With help from an ice architect and Inuit engineering.

City Skyline
Environment

Why Fabien Cousteau Wants To Build An Underwater City

With 95 percent of the ocean unexplored, scientists barely understand life beneath the waves.

Majumdar poster
Energy

The Power Broker: Funding an Energy Revolution

Arun Majumdar has to decide which researchers will get millions of dollars, and he has to do it fast. He must spark an energy revolution within 20 years, or it’s lights out for us all.

great mantis
Diseases

Why Do Humans Have a Fear of Insects?

Author Dr. Jeffrey Lockwood tries to answer that question

heat map
Climate Change

Are We Doomed To Arctic Winters In America?

Scientists Square Off On The Coming Freeze

Justin Blair, a maker at FirstBuild, operates the Maxiem waterjet
Technology

Welcome To The Maker-Industrial Revolution

How General Electric, Local Motors, and an army of DIY inventors are rebuilding American manufacturing

David Holz and Michael Buckwald
Technology

Will These Guys Kill The Computer Interface As We Know It?

How two grade-school friends created Leap Motion, a company that wants to turn mouse-clicks into waves of the hand.

A DIY weather vane made out of recycled materials, set up outside.
Projects

Make your own weather station with recycled materials

Teach your kids to track the changes in weather.

Affordable driverless cars could curb public transit
Electric Vehicles

Affordable driverless cars could curb public transit

The most eco-friendly way to travel will likely still be taking the bus or subway.

An unlocked iPhone, showing the apps on its Home screen. It's tough when those apps keep crashing.
Tech Hacks

What to do when your apps keep crashing

Fixes for troublesome apps on Android, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, and macOS.

A New Human-Based Ecological Test May Help Keep Patients Safe
Diseases

A New Human-Based Ecological Test May Help Keep Patients Safe

Researchers have learned how to use the human microflora to monitor healthcare cleanliness

How the burning heart of a jet engine functions without melting
Space

How the burning heart of a jet engine functions without melting

For temperatures over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, these materials get the scorching job done.

yankee stadium before coronavirus hit
Vaccines

What the Yankees COVID outbreak means for the rest of us

Asymptomatic breakthrough infections may be more common than we think — and that’s okay.

The Battle Over Climate Science
Climate Change

The Battle Over Climate Science

Climate scientists routinely face death threats, hate mail, nuisance lawsuits and political attacks. How much worse can it get?

Important Scientific Mystery Solved: How Birds Lose Their Penises
Evolution

Important Scientific Mystery Solved: How Birds Lose Their Penises

The penises of many male birds stop growing and shrink away. Scientists reveal the genetic mechanism at work.

Will A Chicken That’s Fed Lemons Taste Like Lemons?
Birds

Will A Chicken That’s Fed Lemons Taste Like Lemons?

BRB, feeding a cow ketchup

The Ford F-150 Lightning is an electric vehicle for truck lovers
Electric Vehicles

The Ford F-150 Lightning is an electric vehicle for truck lovers

Utilitarian details like the frunk and power outlets make this an exciting new EV option for so many.

3d printed heart
Engineering

How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine

Welcome to the age of bioprinting, where the machines we've built are building bits and pieces of us.

Android phone on a table
Tech Hacks

Unlock Android’s secret powers by learning how to use this hidden settings menu

Unlock Android's secret superpowers.

We’re doing a great job of creating renewable energy—but we don’t have the infrastructure to actually use it
Renewables

We’re doing a great job of creating renewable energy—but we don’t have the infrastructure to actually use it

Better storage batteries and the framework to support them is key.