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Newly Discovered Moon Caves Could One Day House Astronauts

Gimme Shelter

Newly Discovered Moon Caves Could One Day House Astronauts

Marta Musso

The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform

Environment

The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform

Matt Reynolds

The Race for Space-Based Solar Power

photon drive

The Race for Space-Based Solar Power

Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica

Paris Mayor Defies Poop Threats to Swim in Seine, and Prove a Point

Flushed With Success

Paris Mayor Defies Poop Threats to Swim in Seine, and Prove a Point

Morgan Meaker

Pancreatic Cancer Turns Off a Key Gene in Order to Grow

Hijacked

Pancreatic Cancer Turns Off a Key Gene in Order to Grow

Marta Musso

Lab-Grown Meat for Pets Was Just Approved in the UK

Good Dog (Food)

Lab-Grown Meat for Pets Was Just Approved in the UK

Matt Reynolds

Cutting-Edge Technology Could Massively Reduce the Amount of Energy Used for Air Conditioning

Cool Ideas

Cutting-Edge Technology Could Massively Reduce the Amount of Energy Used for Air Conditioning

Chris Baraniuk

It Will Soon Be Easier for Americans to Recycle Batteries

waste not

It Will Soon Be Easier for Americans to Recycle Batteries

Emily Mullin

Everything You See Is a Computational Process, If You Know How to Look

Mathematics

Everything You See Is a Computational Process, If You Know How to Look

Lance Fortnow

Hurricanes Are Trapping Small Island Nations in Ever-Worsening Spirals of Debt

Debt Cyclone

Hurricanes Are Trapping Small Island Nations in Ever-Worsening Spirals of Debt

Courtney Lindsay, Emily Wilkinson, and Matt Bishop

America’s Aging Dams Are a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

Give a Dam

America’s Aging Dams Are a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

Kristoffer Tigue

Easy Access

It’s Shockingly Easy to Buy Off-Brand Ozempic Online, Even if You Don’t Need It

Kate Knibbs

AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era

Gimme More

AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era

Reece Rogers

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Ready to Implant a Second Volunteer

telepathy

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Ready to Implant a Second Volunteer

Emily Mullin

This Ancient Technology Is Helping Millions Stay Cool

Lo-Fi

This Ancient Technology Is Helping Millions Stay Cool

Nadeem Sarwar and Shreya Fotedar

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

Weather the Storm

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

Chris Baraniuk

Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled in Frequency and Intensity in the Past 20 Years

Heating Up

Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled in Frequency and Intensity in the Past 20 Years

Víctor Fernández García and Cristina Santín

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

Power Naps

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

Yasemin Saplakoglu

The Supreme Court Is Gutting Protections for Clean Water and Safe Air

Rollback

The Supreme Court Is Gutting Protections for Clean Water and Safe Air

Molly Taft

How to Run on the Moon

Dot Physics

How to Run on the Moon

Rhett Allain