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The Incredible Journey of the Electronic Plastic Bottle

Float On

The Incredible Journey of the Electronic Plastic Bottle

Matt Simon

New AI-Based Navigation Helps Loon’s Balloons Hover in Place

Up And Away

New AI-Based Navigation Helps Loon’s Balloons Hover in Place

Eric Niiler

Two Global Efforts Try to Trace the Origin of the Covid Virus

Cold Case

Two Global Efforts Try to Trace the Origin of the Covid Virus

Maryn McKenna

How mRNA went from a scientific backwater to a pandemic crusher

Health

How mRNA went from a scientific backwater to a pandemic crusher

David Cox

How a Vibrating Smartwatch Could Be Used to Stop Nightmares

Public Health

How a Vibrating Smartwatch Could Be Used to Stop Nightmares

Michele Cohen Marill

Coronavirus triggered a healthcare AI boom. Was it worth it?

Health

Coronavirus triggered a healthcare AI boom. Was it worth it?

David Cox

The top five coronavirus vaccine candidates explained

Health

The top five coronavirus vaccine candidates explained

Jack Needham

Beautiful Yet Unnerving Photos of the Arctic Getting Greener

Climate Change

Beautiful Yet Unnerving Photos of the Arctic Getting Greener

Matt Simon

The Race To Crack Battery Recycling—Before It’s Too Late

Black Mass

The Race To Crack Battery Recycling—Before It’s Too Late

Daniel Oberhaus

How Shenzhen turned all its 16,000 buses fully electric

Cities

How Shenzhen turned all its 16,000 buses fully electric

William Ralston

Geometry Reveals How the World Is Made of Cubes

Rock On

Geometry Reveals How the World Is Made of Cubes

Joshua Sokol

This high-tech, Bavarian bunker is secretly storing the world’s finest wines

Food

This high-tech, Bavarian bunker is secretly storing the world’s finest wines

Tim Barber

Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots Are Making a Comeback

Critter Conservation

Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots Are Making a Comeback

Rochelle Baker

What's a Semi-Log Plot and How Can You Use It for Covid Data?

Dot Physics

What's a Semi-Log Plot and How Can You Use It for Covid Data?

Rhett Allain

Here’s why pubs reopened in July – and why it’s different now

Politics

Here’s why pubs reopened in July – and why it’s different now

Gian M. Volpicelli

How to stop Christmas 2020 from being a Covid-19 disaster

Health

How to stop Christmas 2020 from being a Covid-19 disaster

Chris Baraniuk

Your old electronics are poisoning people at this toxic dump in Ghana

Environment

Your old electronics are poisoning people at this toxic dump in Ghana

Jacklin Kwan

Does the AstraZeneca Vaccine Also Stop Covid Transmission?

Bad Breath

Does the AstraZeneca Vaccine Also Stop Covid Transmission?

Adam Rogers

Meet the Microbes Living on Da Vinci’s Iconic Sketches

Bugging Out

Meet the Microbes Living on Da Vinci’s Iconic Sketches

Matt Simon

A New Study About Color Tries to Decode ‘The Brain’s Pantone’

Palette Cleanser

A New Study About Color Tries to Decode ‘The Brain’s Pantone’

Sara Harrison