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The CDC recommends booster shots for healthcare workers and other at-risk groups
Sep 24, 2021 5:04 PM
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Jul 19, 2021
How Amazon’s radar-based sleep tracking could work
The company is interested in a device with a radar sensor that can detect how you move and breathe in bed.
Jul 9, 2021
A new microwave scanner can track moving objects through walls, Superman-style
A new multipurpose technology could locate people trapped in burning buildings, or even speeding junk hurtling through space.
Dec 4, 2020
The Arecibo Observatory collapsed this week. What now?
Reeling from a damaging astronomical loss, researchers contemplate how to adapt to a new reality.
Jun 21, 2020
Scientists explored a buried Roman city without digging up an ounce of soil
Radar is taking some of the shovel work out of archaeology.
Jun 10, 2020
Major League Baseball is nearing the era of the robot umpire
Teams might experiment with a controversial new technology in the delayed 2020 season.
Apr 29, 2020
The unexpected way COVID-19 is screwing up weather reports
Reports from commercial flight crews are an important part of weather validation.
Jun 5, 2019
Saab’s new spy plane has a powerful piece of hardware on top
The aircraft is called GlobalEye.
Jul 11, 2018
China’s latest quantum radar could help detect stealth planes, missiles
Next Stop Stratosphere
Oct 2, 2017
Archive Gallery: A Century of Weather Control
Fighting hail with chemicals, combatting tornadoes with computers, and other weather-battling techniques from the PopSci archive
