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obese mice
Diseases

Gaining A New Perspective On The Cause of Obesity

Researchers have found a possible lynchpin stemming from the immune system

world’s largest space rocket
Military

China’s super-sized space plans may involve help from Russia

Long March 9

Bacteria
Diseases

The Possible Link Between Bacteria And Chronic Disease?

Researchers Propose A Bacterial Toxin May Be Partly Responsible for A Variety of Diseases

China Lingyun Hypersonic Scramjet
Military

China’s hypersonic military projects include spaceplanes and rail guns

The nation is focusing its research and development on tech that moves faster than the speed of sound.

Wolverine boots with Vibram Arctic Grip
Best of What's New

The 9 Greatest Recreation Innovations Of The Year

These are the Best Of What's New

To save monarch butterflies, we need more milkweed
Insects

To save monarch butterflies, we need more milkweed

Monarch butterflies love milkweed. Preserving it will be key to saving butterfly populations.

China Quantum Research Center Hefei Anhui
Military

China is opening a new quantum research supercenter

The country wants to build a quantum computer with a million times the computing power of all others presently in the world.

DJI MAvic Drone
Drones

The DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom drones are covered in sensors and filled with AI to prevent crashes

This consumer-grade flying machine can see in every direction.

Snapshots of the best tech of the decade, including the Impossible 2.0 burger, Curiosity rover, and Fortnite video game
Best of What's New

The best tech of the last decade

Twenty big discoveries we’ll want to remember in 2020.

Model of the China robot warship D3000 on display
Military

With the D3000, China enters the robotic warship arms race

It's triple-hulled, autonomous, and armed.

Augmented Reality Or Augmented Humanity?
Science Fiction

Augmented Reality Or Augmented Humanity?

The makers of the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided video game host a bioethics conference

an allergy skin test
Health

Forget allergy shots. Try allergy toothpaste.

The future of allergy treatment could be as easy as brushing your teeth.

a portrait photo of a woman
Life Skills

6 common photography mistakes to avoid

Know when to follow the rules and when to go rogue.

Data servers
Technology

How shape-shifting magnets could help build a lower-emission computer

In the coming decades, some of the planet’s most powerful computers might store their zeroes and ones not as electrons in silicon, but as tiny magnetic fields.

Parent in pink tank top pushing baby in a futuristic green and white stroller
Technology

Travel through time on history’s most ridiculous rides

Someone had to build it and try it.

A Garibaldi fish swims through a California kelp forest.
Animals

These newly discovered sea sponges were hiding in plain sight in California’s kelp forests

The scientist who found them looked to history—and pop culture—to name the new sponges.

Foods on cups
Mars

This Is the Food We’ll Eat on Mars

A crew of scientists and astronauts prepares to feed human colonists on the Red Planet

T Flight CASIC China Hyperloop Maglev
Military

China’s looking to one-up Elon Musk’s hyperloop

If created as proposed, T Flight will be faster, with more extensive routes.

PLA China 90th Anniversary Parade Zhurihe  J-20
Military

China’s stealth fighter may be getting a new engine

Relying on Russian engines has put China at the mercy of a single, foreign supplier. That could be changing.

China is betting big on electromagnetic railguns and catapults
Military

China is betting big on electromagnetic railguns and catapults

Just as the U.S. Navy is pulling away from the technology.