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Projects

Mix things up by making a color-changing storm glass

Don’t ditch your weather app, though.

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Environment

When should we issue earthquake warnings? It’s complicated.

Seismologists need help from social scientists to know how people respond to earthquake alerts.

Pete Hutchison
Technology

Meet the man who restores old music to its original glory

Pete Hutchison’s Electric Recording Co. uses era-specific gear to reissue records the way they were meant to be heard.

Cybertruck
Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s Cybertruck is the latest lofty promise in the world of electric pickups

Consider your options before you put down your deposit on Cybertruck.

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Health

Mosquitoes are becoming resistant to our best defenses

Insecticide resistance is dampening our progress against malaria

Jacques Kleynhans illustration
Psychology

Why you’re powerless to ignore a crying baby

Infants can hijack their parents’ brains with every scream (for survival).

Condor Aviation’s Director of Engineering Dean Speight
Aviation

A one-of-a-kind electric racing plane just debuted in Dubai

The White Lightning’s engineers say the acceleration of its motors will outperform that of traditional combustion engines.

gas pipeline across snowy landscape at sunset
Global Warming

Natural gas extraction is booming—and so are harmful methane leaks

In northeastern British Columbia, at least one in ten wells are losing methane.

suburban home
Environment

Americans’ need for a perfect lawn comes down to neighborhood peer pressure

We all just want to fit in.

Person sleeping on plane with open window
Aviation

Master the art of sleeping on planes

With a some prepping and a little luck, economy can start to feel a little like business class.

students learning about manufacturing
Technology

The world is on the brink of an industrial revolution and Manufacturing USA is making sure the U.S. will lead the way.

A New Model for Manufacturing Innovation

doctors performing surgery
Medicine

Doctors placed gunshot victims in ‘suspended animation’ for the first time

EPR is still far from a standard medical procedure.

The 21-story DSS-14 dish in the Mojave Desert.
Deep Space

What we learn from noisy signals from deep space

There’s an art to finding insights in cosmic static—and the experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are perfecting it.

kids playing soccer aggressively
Health

High school concussion laws exist in every state, but getting them on the field is a challenge  

Changing the culture around sports and removing some of the tough-it-out attitudes takes time.

pie without a piece
Life Skills

Get a good bake every time with these pie-making secrets

Just get your dough and chill, man.

an infrared composite photo of titan
Moons

The first global map of Titan reveals Earth-like features with a peculiar twist

Rain with no water. Air with no oxygen. Hills with no soil.

Caster Semenya on track with south african flag around her
Fitness & Exercise

The complicated truth about testosterone’s effect on athletic performance

It’s hard to know exactly how much the hormone affects any given body, but what we do know suggests it’s not the end-all be-all.

a skull and some coffee beans
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Did a Swedish king really try to ban coffee with a deadly scientific experiment?

And the other weirdest things we learned this week.

cannabis
Health

Cannabis might help curb chronic pain, reducing the need for opioids

Cannabis could play a bigger role in chronic pain management than researchers once thought.

Broken ice on water
Life Skills

How to avoid (and treat) hypothermia

Spoiler alert: staying dry is the key to life in the cold.