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A Warp Drive Breakthrough Inches a Tiny Bit Closer to Star Trek

engage

A Warp Drive Breakthrough Inches a Tiny Bit Closer to Star Trek

Paul Sutter, Ars Technica

Don’t Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps

Hot Air

Don’t Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps

Matt Simon

Neuralink’s First User Is ‘Constantly Multitasking’ With His Brain Implant

Cyborg Training

Neuralink’s First User Is ‘Constantly Multitasking’ With His Brain Implant

Emily Mullin

The World Is Ignoring the Other Deadly Kind of Carbon

Black Death

The World Is Ignoring the Other Deadly Kind of Carbon

Matt Simon

The Complex Social Lives of Viruses

It’s Complicated

The Complex Social Lives of Viruses

Carl Zimmer

How Big Dairy Took Over Your TikTok Feed—With Help From Uncle Sam

Got Milk?

How Big Dairy Took Over Your TikTok Feed—With Help From Uncle Sam

H. Claire Brown

There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine

Public Health

There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine

Emily Mullin

Lab-Grown Meat Is on Shelves Now. But There’s a Catch

Chicken Little

Lab-Grown Meat Is on Shelves Now. But There’s a Catch

Matt Reynolds

Wegovy Can Keep Weight Off for at Least 4 Years, Research Shows

Obesity

Wegovy Can Keep Weight Off for at Least 4 Years, Research Shows

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

Hot Heads

Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression

Max G. Levy

These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the Grid

Go Both Ways

These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the Grid

Matt Simon

Despite Bird Flu Risk, Raw-Milk Drinkers Are Undaunted

cow on earth

Despite Bird Flu Risk, Raw-Milk Drinkers Are Undaunted

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died

Xenotransplantation

The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died

Emily Mullin

These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives

Blood Bank

These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives

Emily Mullin

NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun

Hot Stuff

NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun

Thomas Zurbuchen

In Defense of Parasitic Worms

Biodiversity

In Defense of Parasitic Worms

Jesse Nichols

The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks to a Rare Solar Storm

Southern Lights

The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks to a Rare Solar Storm

Dennis Mersereau

The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas

Bug's Life

The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas

Celia Ford

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design

Brain Trust

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design

Emily Mullin

Sell Lab-Grown Meat in Alabama and You Could Go to Jail

Steak Out

Sell Lab-Grown Meat in Alabama and You Could Go to Jail

Matt Reynolds