The Future Of Space Is Bigger Than SpaceX

Space is finally a real market, and the opportunity is far bigger than any one company in it.

A tritium ‘nuclear battery’ just reached orbit for the first time
A tritium ‘nuclear battery’ just reached orbit for the first time

The nuclear age has quietly reached commercial spaceflight. City Labs, a Miami firm, has launched BOHR, which it calls the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite and the first nuclear CubeSat. The craft is about the size of a softball. It f…

Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño

As worries about a growing super El Niño mount, new findings suggest a radical solution to mitigating its impacts.

1 Thing You Need More Than Trust In A Relationship, By A Psychologist

A psychologist explains why the lens you use to interpret your partner’s ambiguous behavior matters more than trust in your relationship.

Fi’s Starlink-enabled pet tracker found my dog when LTE couldn’t
Fi’s Starlink-enabled pet tracker found my dog when LTE couldn’t

Fi Ultra is the first Starlink-enabled pet tracker you can buy. It expands on GPS and LTE trackers, adding automatic failover to T-Mobile’s T-Satellite-branded direct-to-cell service when venturing into cellular dead zones. That lets owners tap into SpaceX’s constellation of low Earth orbit Starlink satellites to track their pets anywhere in the US. But it […]

Why Young White Sharks Left Home During Southern California’s Historic Storm

The study not only reveals how young white sharks respond to extreme weather but also offers a new way for scientists to separate real animal behavior from technological glitches caused by storms.

Our Milky Way galaxy might be larger than we thought  
Our Milky Way galaxy might be larger than we thought  

Astronomers used cosmic explosions to find that we may be wrong about our own galaxy.

Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan

Something on Pluto and one of Saturn’s moons, Titan, absorbs light in a way unexplained by anything in spectroscopic databases.

1 Type Of Intelligence That Matters More Than IQ, By A Psychologist

A psychologist unpacks practical intelligence, the science-backed skill that often predicts success better than IQ — and how to build it in daily life.

A Biologist Explains Why Some Humans Get Freckles And Others Never Do

Why do some people get freckles and others don’t? A biologist breaks down the genetics, sun exposure and evolutionary trade-offs behind them.