Former NBA Star Rick Fox Is Making a Play for Carbon-Neutral Concrete
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The Plan to Put Pig Genes in Soy Beans for Tastier Fake Meat
For Gastón Paladini, pork is a family affair. In 1923, his great-grandfather Don Juan Paladini moved from Italy…
20 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2023
It’s been hard recently to think about anything other than the wars and humanitarian crises raging around the…
These Rogue Worlds Upend the Theory of How Planets Form
“We know from direct imaging searches of young stars that very few stars have giant planets in orbits,”…
What Are ‘Missed Period Pills,’ and How Do They Work?
Cari Siestra first learned about menstrual regulation when they were working on the Myanmar-Thailand border. At the time,…
Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie
The data scientist and author Hannah Ritchie expands on these examples in her upcoming book, Not the End…
The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. Extreme weather spun up storms and floods, unseasonal freezes…
Spying on Beavers From Space Could Help Save California
For the first time in four centuries, it’s good to be a beaver. Long persecuted for their pelts…
Yes, the Climate Crisis Is Now ‘Gobsmacking.’ But So Is Progress
Scientists are running low on words to adequately describe the world’s climate chaos. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans
And yet, defiantly, these alien seas remain liquid. A Mirror-Wrapped Ocean Scientists suspect that a handful of moons…
This Radical Plan to Make Roads Greener Actually Works
Yet this enhanced connectivity often comes at a high social and ecological price. In the Amazon, Laurance has…
The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up
In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would start recruiting volunteers for…
Your Money Is Funding Fossil Fuels Without You Knowing It
When you drop money in the bank, it looks like it’s just sitting there, ready for you to…
A Demographic Time Bomb Is About to Hit the Beef Industry
The early 1970s were the real heyday of beef in the US. It was the era of stroganoff,…
Snow Sports Are Getting More Dangerous
Many people meet Dale Atkins for the first time on their worst days—ice climbers who are stranded and…
The Age of Crispr Medicine Is Here
So far, only nine centers across the US are currently offering Casgevy, which may limit who gets access…
You Know It’s a Placebo. So Why Does It Still Work?
You booked this doctor’s appointment weeks in advance. You took off work, endured the trip here, filled out…
Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics
As Hurricane Larry curved north in the Atlantic in 2021, sparing the eastern seaboard of the United States,…
A Brilliant COP Agreement? It Depends Who You Ask
After tense and protracted negotiations, delegates at the United Nations climate conference COP28 have agreed on a deal…
Energy Drinks Are Out of Control
In the US, the FDA has not imposed specific restrictions or requirements on the sale or labeling of…
The Toxic Truth About Your Christmas Tree
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Perhaps no…
In a World First, a Patient’s Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered
Our B cells help prevent us from getting sick. Their job is to make antibodies, immune system proteins…
School of Rock: The Physics of Waves on Guitar Strings
The rubber band example does indeed have two nodes—they are at the ends of the rubber band where…
Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees
In a cavernous theater lit up with the green shapes of camels and palms at COP28 in Dubai,…
Why Deleting Carbon From the Atmosphere Is So Controversial
Carbon removal techniques come in two main flavors—the technological and the natural—but also increasingly a melding of the…
Elon Musk’s New Monkey Death Claims Spur Fresh Demands for an SEC Investigation
In October 2018, a UC Davis veterinarian approved Animal 13 for use in a Neuralink experiment. She was…
The US Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of Medication Abortion
The US Supreme Court decided Wednesday to hear a case challenging access to abortion pills in the United…
Here’s Scientific Proof Your Cat Will Eat Almost Anything
Don’t let their fluff fool you: Your cat was built for murder. Felines, no matter how chonky, eepy,…
Biophysicists Uncover Powerful Symmetries in Living Tissue
“It was pretty amazing how well the experimental data and numerical simulation matched,” Eckert said. In fact, it…
All the Fish We Cannot See
The destination for this yet-untargeted bounty? Livestock feed, says Payne. This exploitation of the mesopelagic required a huge…
The First Crispr Medicine Is Now Approved in the US
Casgevy uses the Nobel Prize–winning technology Crispr to modify patients’ cells so that they produce healthy hemoglobin instead.…
Don’t Worry, It’s Just ‘Fire Ice’
The finding suggests that far more fire ice is vulnerable to climate-induced melt than scientists realized, and it…
This Pill Tracks Your Vitals From the Inside
Digital health company Celero Systems is developing an electronic pill that can measure heart rate, breathing rate, and…
Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone
It’s been a monumental year for Crispr, the molecular tool scientists use to edit genetic material. This November,…
Dr. Dara Norman Wants to Bring More People Into Science
When Dr. Norman was taking a sabbatical at Howard University in 2015, she got a crash course in…
The Weirdest Reason the Poles Are Warming So Fast? Invisible Clouds
In the Arctic and Antarctica, PSCs appear anywhere between 15 and 25 kilometers (9.3 and 15.5 miles) in…
Inside India’s Gargantuan Mission to Clean the Ganges River
Back in 2014, before the launch of the Namami Gange program, Mishra sat with Modi to discuss his…
Dr. Nergis Mavalvala Detected the First Gravitational Wave. Her Work Doesn’t Stop There
“Where did all this come from? How did it all get started?” These are the questions that Dr.…
Want to Store a Message in DNA? That’ll Be $1,000
DNA is nature’s original storage system. The molecule is made up of the chemical bases adenine, cytosine, guanine,…
Was Bobi the World’s Oldest Dog—or a Fraud?
“It is true that I am considered an expert on dog coat color,” Sheila Schmutz, an emeritus professor…
An Invisible ‘Demon’ Lurks in an Odd Superconductor
A few years ago, the researchers decided to put a superconducting metal called strontium ruthenate in their crosshairs.…
Ozempic Could Also Help You Drink Less Alcohol
Another reason for the trial’s failure could be that exenatide is much less potent than its newer cousin…
Climate Cookbooks Are Here to Change How You Eat
Cookbook authors have a few options. They could write a regionally specific cookbook or a mass-market one starring…
The Race to Find What’s Making America’s Dogs Sick
Dog owners are also exchanging advice on the best disinfection products for facilities and sharing what it’s like…
How Dr. Clara Nellist Collides Art and Science
But the detector is more complicated than you might think. “The detector is made up of many different…
Dr. Ishwaria Subbiah Is Reimagining Cancer Care
So how do Dr. Subbiah and her team stay ahead of cancer and work toward better outcomes in…
Cicadas Are So Loud, Fiber Optic Cables Can ‘Hear’ Them
One of the world’s most peculiar test beds stretches above Princeton, New Jersey. It’s a fiber optic cable…
A Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment May Cause Cancer. The FDA Is Investigating
Scientists use harmless viruses to ferry and insert the new genetic material because of their natural ability to…
How to Set Your Thermostat—According to Science
The temperature of your heating system can also probably run lower than you’d expect. With modern gas boilers…
A Life-Extension Drug for Big Dogs Is Getting Closer to Reality
In early studies, Loyal dosed 130 research dogs with its investigational drug. Halioua says the company has shown…
Dr. Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski Will Change How You Think About Space
She was also worried about the strong personalities she’d have to deal with in aerospace. “I was always…
The Best Continuous Glucose Monitors
Ease of administration: All four CGMs were easily affixed to the back of my arm using a plunger…
Dust Is So Much More Than You Realize
I’ve got a complicated relationship with my Roomba, Keith, who sometimes refuses to charge but also works his…
How Many Microbes Does It Take to Make You Sick?
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For a pathogen to make us sick, it…
Starquakes Might Solve the Mysteries of Stellar Magnetism
That was a surprise—and a possible indication that something crucial was missing in those models: magnetism. Stellar Symmetry…
Emissions Should Be Plummeting. Instead, They’re Breaking Dangerous New Records
Next week, world leaders will head to Dubai for the Conference of the Parties—the United Nations’ annual climate…
Millions of EV Batteries Could Retire to Solar Farms
Extending the useful life of EV batteries mitigates the impact of manufacturing them, said Maria Chavez, energy analyst…
How to Measure the Impact From a Collision
Not only do I get the “shape” of the acceleration curve for the colliding cart, but I also…
Here’s What’s Next for SpaceX’s Starship
These test flights demonstrate how SpaceX’s development style differs from NASA’s, Forczyk says: While NASA tested every component…
US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Launch Fraud Investigation Into Elon Musk
On September 10, 2023, Mr. Musk responded to animal welfare concerns at Neuralink via a post on the…
It’s Time to Log Off
“When we’re doomscrolling, we’re kind of looking for the resolution to the issue. Read some more posts. Read…