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Sep 24, 2021 9:00 AM
Floating whirligig microchips could help us monitor nature without leaving a trace
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 PM
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Dec 4, 2018
What are constellations?
Stars tell stories, guide explorers, and help scientists talk about the galaxy.
Nov 28, 2018
How a bank clerk became a record-breaking polar explorer
In between, she almost died in the Arctic.
Jul 24, 2018
I squeezed through a 7-inch passage to find ancient humans
Excavating a long-hidden cemetery in a cave.
Jun 6, 2018
The weirdest things we learned this week: underwater horse videos, the call of the void, and an ill-fated, icy balloon trip
Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.
Jan 16, 2018
I’ve dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for new forms of life
My primary focus is searching for undiscovered species—mostly white, eyeless crustaceans.
Nov 10, 2017
The ocean harbors unimaginable secrets, but we need to explore them responsibly
Familiarity breeds exploitation.
Sep 15, 2017
Eulogy for Cassini: A fond farewell to a faithful explorer.
It was our window to another world.
Apr 21, 2017
China’s first robot cargo spaceship just went into orbit
Tianzhou 1 is expected to be China's most prolific spacecraft.
Jan 6, 2017
The Proxima Trail: Could you survive the journey out to an exoplanet?
You have died of dysentary
Jan 5, 2017
How to build a DIY replica of Galileo’s telescope
Stargaze like the pioneering astronomer
