Traveling during a heat dome? Learn how to stay safe in extreme temperatures, avoid heat-related illness, and adjust your plans without missing out.
Using seaweed to 3D-print buildings. AI companies are staring down the laws of economics. Why investors should pay attention to nature.
Rocket Lab, the space company best known for its small satellite launcher Electron, has announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications for $8 billion. The deal will combine Rocket Lab’s launch services and spacecraft manufacturing with Iridium’s satellite-based communications network, putting it in a better position to challenge SpaceX. Iridium offers communications services to over 2.5 […]
A new book explores how culture, geography, perception, experience, and trust shape responses to weather risks.
Opinion hopping — the subtle habit of caving to social pressure instead of staying with what you actually think — slowly erodes self-respect from the inside out.
Venezuela has no national earthquake warning system. Yet moments before two huge quakes hit on Wednesday, millions of phones lit up. Google earthquake alerts reached 11.4 million people, the company says, buying some of them up to two minutes to act. T…
Why human hair stops growing at a certain length comes down to a biological clock built into every follicle — here’s the science behind your hair’s natural limit
A sneaky rule change has the potential to blow up scientific research in the United States. But there’s still time to fight it. On May 29th, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a 412-page proposal to revise federal financial assistance. The language is a combination of distinctly Trumpian attacks on “woke” policies and […]
Climate activist Will Lawrence cofounded the Sunrise Movement. Now, he has shifted his focus in his attempt to compete for a swing-district seat by calling for a data center moratorium.
A pixel has always done one job. On a screen it emits light to build a picture. In a camera it absorbs light to record one. A team in Switzerland has now made one that does both. Researchers at ETH Zurich have built the first bidirectional pixel, in wo…