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How a US intelligence program created a team of ‘Superforecasters’

How a US intelligence program created a team of ‘Superforecasters’

By Sarah Scoles

How to learn to not fear heights

How to learn to not fear heights

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Colorful fans with depictions of various sounds within them

Why our brains hear words and songs in random noise

By Julia Craven

Will ‘flying cars’ cause traffic jams in the sky?

Will ‘flying cars’ cause traffic jams in the sky?

By Andrew Zaleski

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The Opt Out: When it comes to privacy, smart devices are not the smarter choice

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

15 rocket launches from SpaceX, NASA, Blue Origin, and more in a collage

Rocket fuel might be polluting the Earth’s upper atmosphere

Red and white lighthouses being submerged by sea level rise. Illustration.

Humans and nature will handle rising tides, together

By Philip Kiefer

Giant gray cat snuggling a child with black hair in an orange sweater to show their cat-human bond. Illustration.

Your cat is probably more attached to you than you think

By Brandon Keim

5 sounds not meant for the human ear

5 sounds not meant for the human ear

By Purbita Saha

collage of old magazine images showing scuba divers

Please do not follow this 1953 tutorial for DIY scuba gear

By Bill Gourgey

illustration of psychiatrist office with mushrooms

4 visionaries on the history and future of psychedelic medicine

By Rachel Feltman

A futuristic x-ray developed by the US army as an illustration

An inside look at the radiation-sensing material that’s on the Pentagon’s radar

By Sarah Scoles

6 architectural facts about history’s tallest buildings

6 architectural facts about history’s tallest buildings

By John Kennedy

A colorful moon with craters.

Why it’s hard to tell if moon craters are holes or bumps

By Julia Craven

Cloudy with a chance of cooling the planet

Cloudy with a chance of cooling the planet

By Lois Parshley

NASA astronaut Victor J. Glover on the cosmic ‘relay race’ of the new lunar missions

NASA astronaut Victor J. Glover on the cosmic ‘relay race’ of the new lunar missions

By Tatyana Woodall

Do high-tops elevate athletic performance?

Fitness & Exercise

Do high-tops elevate athletic performance?

illustration of person at computer with devil horns and cloven hooves

Does playing devil’s advocate do more harm than good?

By Julia Craven

inflated balloon ready to launch

Alien-looking balloons might be the next weapon in the fight against wildfires

By Sarah Scoles

Scientist in snow with headlamp and probe

Scenes of climate science at the edge of the Earth

By Esther Horvath, Sara Kiley Watson

illustration of astronaut floating in space

How astronauts pull off dangerous spacewalks

By Maria Parazo Rose

Illustrations of entwined snakes with black substance

6 surprising ways animals are adapting to a human-dominated world

By Jason Bittel

Shy dogs sitting apart on a black background in an illustration

Can dogs be introverts?

By Brandon Keim

illustration of people on rollercoaster

4 of the most extreme amusement park rides on the planet

By Purbita Saha

bonnie and clyde with electric car

Will self-driving cars make police chases a thing of the past?

By Eleanor Cummins

Diver holding animal skull

Below Madagascar, cave divers surface secrets of the past

depiction of dna as library bookshelves

Can these government efforts crack the code for DNA storage?

By Sarah Scoles

illustration of woman navigator

Voyagers made it to Hawaiʻi thousands of years ago with no compasses. Here’s how.

illustration of pufferfish on a fork

Deadly and delicious: These 6 foods can actually kill you

By Charlotte Hu

Illustration of McMichael with car and rat and brain scans

This former stunt double wants to kick on-set concussions to the curb

By Sarah Scoles

Woman vomiting a pastel rainbow upwards on a pink background

Why you want to barf when you see something gross

By Julia Craven

Mosquito close-up

Can a bold new plan to stop mosquitoes catch on?

By Lauren J. Young

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The terroir of wildfire: How winemakers are adapting to a smokier world

By Philip Kiefer

illustration of free-falling woman

Ask Us Anything

Why do we love watching people defy death?

By Leigh Cowart

notebooks on yellow background

The Opt Out: School devices are sharing your family’s data, but you can stop them

By Karina Montoya

Extreme pogo jump

Inside the high-flying world of extreme pogo

By Andrew Zaleski

Orange male betta fish surrounded by eggs in a greenery-filled aquarium

Captive fish have feelings we’re just beginning to understand

By Brandon Keim

A woman expressing shock and brain tingling under sound waves of the Shepard Tone in red and pink

Why this cinematic sound trick makes your brain tingle and your skin crawl

By Alison Nastasi

Are participation trophies good for kids?

By Tyler Santora

phone on fake lawn with no trespassing sign on it

The Opt Out: You have the power to protect your data. Own it.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

competing metals

Transparent aluminum, and 5 more remarkable metals

Golf balls on forks

A peek inside Callaway’s factory reveals the complex anatomy of high-end golf balls

By Stan Horaczek

skull and crossbones in paint spill

The US can’t get away from lead’s toxic legacy

White shepherd or collie dog with tongue hanging out in front of blue background ad swirling dog memories

Do cats and dogs remember their past?

By Brandon Keim

crypto vs. coins

Will digital dollars ever replace hard currency in the US?

By Purbita Saha

Whimsical model of satellite

Ball Corp’s unlikely journey from soda cans to satellites

By Sarah Scoles

microwave with metal

6 metal myths and tips for cooking

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

metallica concert in St. Petersburg, Russia

The science is clear: Metal music is good for you

By Martha Harbison

illustration of braces on teeth

Why are braces made with metal?

By Maggie Galloway

nearly finished submarine in large building

An exclusive look inside where nuclear subs are born

By Christopher Payne, Rob Verger

Harpreet Sareen with peace lily

Biohacked cyborg plants may help prevent environmental disaster

By Lauren J. Young

Jars containing various materials from battery recycling.

Electric Vehicles

The race to close the EV battery recycling loop

Ball of copper wire on green background

Can this MIT metallurgist clean up copper production?

By Andrew Zaleski

Rock containing cobalt

Can Idaho’s newest cobalt mine dig responsibly?

By Andrew Zaleski

A swarm of fossilized beetles in yellow burmite amber

A close look at amber fossils that have stuck through the ages

By Jarren Vink, Charlotte Hu

An illustration of a fork and knife with gross things on them.

The unbelievably gross things that we regularly eat by accident

surface of psyche asteroid

In its visit to Psyche, NASA hopes to glimpse the center of the Earth

By Megan I. Gannon

What tangled headphones can teach us about DNA

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A rendering of AI-assisted traffic light systems.

The future of open city streets could start with smarter traffic lights

An illustration of sneakers stained with unremovable substance.

4 lab accidents that changed the world

By Erin Blakemore

Garbage in space illustrated in blacks and reds

How harpoons, magnets, and ion blasts could help us clean up space junk

By Tatyana Woodall

Germs and dirt around a playful child illustrated

Ask Us Anything

Children are grimy, and that’s (mostly) ok

By Jesse Greenspan

An illustration of worms in caves in an article about their benefits to humanity.

Cave worms could hold the secrets to a better life

By Sarah Scoles

An hypothetical illustration of society running on garbage.

Ask Us Anything

Is trash a form of renewable energy?

By Sara Kiley Watson