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What Kind of Battery Would You Need to Power a Lightsaber?

Dot Physics

What Kind of Battery Would You Need to Power a Lightsaber?

Rhett Allain

No One Knows How Far Bird Flu Has Spread

Herd Flu

No One Knows How Far Bird Flu Has Spread

Matt Reynolds

Get Ready for Monster Hurricanes This Summer

Sturm und Drang

Get Ready for Monster Hurricanes This Summer

Matt Simon

China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces

Thinking Ahead

China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces

Emily Mullin

The Uncomfortable Truth About the UK’s Climate Policies

Environment

The Uncomfortable Truth About the UK’s Climate Policies

Matt Reynolds

The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding

Physics

The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding

Charlie Wood

1 in 3 Americans Live in Areas With Dangerous Air Pollution

Toxic

1 in 3 Americans Live in Areas With Dangerous Air Pollution

Victoria St. Martin

How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away

contact

How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery

Xenotransplantation

Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery

Emily Mullin

Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust

Low Appetite

Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust

Matt Reynolds

Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

Earth Day

Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

Matt Simon

Here’s a Clever Way to Uncover America’s Voting Deserts

Unequal Access

Here’s a Clever Way to Uncover America’s Voting Deserts

Lyndie Chiou

How One Corporation Is Cashing In on America’s Drought

Water Wars

How One Corporation Is Cashing In on America’s Drought

Maanvi Singh

Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

Mushroom Cloud

Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

Maggie Chen

Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years

John Timmer, Ars Technica

NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From

heads up

NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening

brain storm

We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening

Emily Mullin

The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

Planet Pioneers

The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

Jessica Rawnsley

The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot

Robo Reborn

The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot

Carlton Reid

No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused by Cloud Seeding

Weather

No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused by Cloud Seeding

Amit Katwala