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Growing Crops Under Solar Panels? Now There’s a Bright Idea
9 mins; October 26, 2021
NASA Is Preparing for the Ravages of Climate Change
8 mins; October 25, 2021
Another Global Pandemic Is Spreading—Among Pigs
12 mins; October 22, 2021
Deadly Heat Is Baking Cities. Here’s How to Cool Them Down
9 mins; October 21, 2021
A Huge Subterranean ‘Tree’ Is Moving Magma to Earth’s Surface
18 mins; October 20, 2021
Astronomers Get Ready to Probe Europa’s Hidden Ocean for Life
9 mins; October 19, 2021
The Grid Isn’t Ready for the Renewable Revolution
10 mins; October 18, 2021
The Controversial Quest to Make Cow Burps Less Noxious
12 mins; October 15, 2021
How Healthy Is a Farm's Soil? Check How Active Its Microbes Are
9 mins; October 14, 2021
Pandemic Bird-Watching Created a Data Boom—and a Conundrum
10 mins; October 13, 2021
The Llama, the Hamster, and a New Path for Covid Treatment
9 mins; October 12, 2021
In New Zealand, People (and Moths) Rediscover Dark Skies
7 mins; October 11, 2021
What If Getting a Kids' Vaccine Approved Is the Easy Part?
11 mins; October 08, 2021
What Is ‘Fire Weather,’ and Why Is It Getting Worse?
7 mins; October 07, 2021
A Flawed, Strange Covid-19 Origin Theory Is Gaining Traction
10 mins; October 06, 2021
As Covid Cases Rise, So Do Hospital-Related Infections
12 mins; October 05, 2021
A Third of Shark and Ray Species May Face Extinction
6 mins; October 04, 2021
How a Duck Learned to Say ‘You Bloody Fool’
7 mins; October 01, 2021
‘Neurograins’ Could be the Next Brain-Computer Interfaces
8 mins; September 30, 2021
Why It’s So Hard to Predict Where the Pandemic Is Headed Next
11 mins; September 29, 2021
The Dark Asteroid Ryugu Finally Comes Into the Light
10 mins; September 28, 2021
Better Data on Ivermectin Is Finally on Its Way
12 mins; September 27, 2021
3D Printing Helps Ultracold Quantum Experiments Go Small
9 mins; September 24, 2021
Biologists Unlock the Secrets of ‘Invisible’ Animals
5 mins; September 23, 2021
SpaceX's Inspiration4 Returns After 3 Days in Orbit
8 mins; September 22, 2021
Dolphins Eavesdrop on Each Other to Avoid Awkward Run-Ins
8 mins; September 21, 2021
21st-Century Storms Are Overwhelming 20th-Century Cities
7 mins; September 20, 2021
They Watched a YouTuber With Tourette’s—Then Adopted His Tics
11 mins; September 17, 2021
Nothing Can Eat Australia’s Cane Toads—So They Eat Each Other
5 mins; September 16, 2021
You’re Not Alone: Monkeys Choke Under Pressure Too
9 mins; September 15, 2021
Radioactive Rat Snakes Could Help Monitor Fukushima Fallout
8 mins; September 14, 2021
The Delta Variant Is Making Covid a Pandemic of the Young
11 mins; September 13, 2021
Would the Free Guy Inflatable Bubble Protect a Real Person?
11 mins; September 10, 2021
How the Cuttlefish’s Robust Memory System Defies Old Age
8 mins; September 09, 2021
This Barnacle-Inspired Glue Seals Bleeding Organs in Seconds
10 mins; September 08, 2021
Would It Be Fair to Treat Vaccinated Covid Patients First?
9 mins; September 07, 2021
The FDA OKs an Extra Covid Vaccine Dose for Immunosuppressed People
11 mins; September 06, 2021
This AI Helps Detect Wildlife Health Issues in Real Time
7 mins; September 03, 2021
The Next Big Challenge for Lunar Astronauts? Moon Dust
11 mins; September 02, 2021
An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus
9 mins; September 01, 2021
Wildfires Used to Be Helpful. How Did They Get So Hellish?
9 mins; August 31, 2021
Is the Robot-Filled Future of Farming a Nightmare or Utopia?
10 mins; August 30, 2021
Want to Slash Carbon Emissions? Start With These Power Plants
6 mins; August 27, 2021
Eastern Hemlocks Face Extinction. A Tiny Fly Could Save Them
20 mins; August 26, 2021
A Mammoth Tusk Reveals a Woolly (and Unprecedented) Tale
9 mins; August 25, 2021
The IPCC Report's Silver Lining: We Can Tackle Methane Now
8 mins; August 24, 2021
Gymnasts Make the Wolf Turn Look Easy. Physics Shows It’s Not
7 mins; August 23, 2021
The Squishy, Far-Out New Experiments Headed to the ISS
11 mins; August 20, 2021
Failed Star Called 'The Accident' Puzzles Astronomers
7 mins; August 19, 2021
Why Perseverance's First Mars Drilling Attempt Came Up Empty
8 mins; August 18, 2021
Scientists Could One Day Float an Aerial Robot Above Venus
12 mins; August 17, 2021
Why Even the Fastest Human Can’t Outrun Your House Cat
8 mins; August 16, 2021
Exactly How Many People Have Long Covid?
9 mins; August 13, 2021
Sunny-Day Flooding Is About to Become More Than a Nuisance
9 mins; August 12, 2021
Russia’s Latest Space Station Incident Points to Larger Issues
6 mins; August 11, 2021
How the Jaguar, King of the Forest, Might Save Its Ecosystem
9 mins; August 10, 2021
The Dam Is Breaking on Vaccine Mandates
7 mins; August 09, 2021
Dogs, Unlike Wolves, Are Born to Communicate With People
8 mins; August 06, 2021
How Much Will It Cost to Prevent Deaths by Climate-Driven Heat?
6 mins; August 05, 2021
Oh Good, Now There's an Outbreak of Wildfire Thunderclouds
7 mins; August 04, 2021
DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth
8 mins; August 03, 2021
How Mockingbirds Compose Songs Just Like Beethoven
9 mins; August 02, 2021
What Causes Gamma-Ray Bursts? Their Ultrabright Flashes Hold Clues
7 mins; July 30, 2021
Hungry Wild Pigs Are Worsening Climate Change
7 mins; July 29, 2021
Why Scientists Love Making Robots Build Ikea Furniture
7 mins; July 28, 2021
This Device Could Tune Your Heart—Then Dissolve Away
10 mins; July 27, 2021
Be Very Careful About Where You Build That Seawall
8 mins; July 26, 2021
Iconic Yellowstone Park Faces Startling Climate Threats
12 mins; July 23, 2021
This Is How Aliens Might Search for Human Life
10 mins; July 22, 2021
A Graphene ‘Camera’ Images the Activity of Living Heart Cells
10 mins; July 21, 2021
Why Humans See Faces in Everyday Objects
7 mins; July 20, 2021
Richard Branson Reaches Space on Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity
8 mins; July 19, 2021
Which Crops Can Survive Drought? Nanosensors May Offer Clues
7 mins; July 16, 2021
Mystery Solved: How Plant Cells Know When to Stop Growing
10 mins; July 15, 2021
An Observatory Spied on LA’s Carbon Emissions—From Space
8 mins; July 14, 2021
The Coelacanth May Live for a Century. That’s Not Great News
12 mins; July 13, 2021
Why Utilities Want to Control Your Smart Thermostat Sometimes
8 mins; July 12, 2021
Northern Farms Are Releasing Massive Amounts of Carbon
7 mins; July 09, 2021
Lakes Are Losing Oxygen—and Their Inhabitants Are in Danger
9 mins; July 08, 2021
What's With All This Ooey, Gooey Sea Snot?
5 mins; July 07, 2021
No, Covid-19 Vaccines Won't Make You Magnetic. Here's Why
7 mins; July 06, 2021
The Mystery of Betelgeuse's Dimming Has Finally Been Solved
6 mins; July 05, 2021
The Delta Variant and Low Vaccine Rates Could Spell Trouble
5 mins; July 02, 2021
A Clever Robot Spies on Creatures in the Ocean's ‘Twilight Zone’
7 mins; July 01, 2021
The Challenge of Covid-19 Vaccines for the Immunosuppressed
13 mins; June 30, 2021
How Do You Make a Robot Walk on Mars? It's a Steep Challenge
9 mins; June 29, 2021
How to Protect Species and Save the Planet—at Once
9 mins; June 28, 2021
A New Way to Understand the Brain's Intricate Rhythm
9 mins; June 25, 2021
A Zombie-Fire Outbreak May Be Growing in the North
7 mins; June 24, 2021
How Risky Is It to Send Jeff Bezos to the Edge of Space?
10 mins; June 23, 2021
A New Way to Shape Metal Nanoparticles—With a Magnetic Field
7 mins; June 22, 2021
Tour Clothes Spew Microfibers Before They’re Even Clothes
8 mins; June 21, 2021
The Drought Is Making the Klamath River’s Baby Salmon Sick
6 mins; June 18, 2021
You Need to Weigh Some Water. All You’ve Got Is a Paper Clip
7 mins; June 17, 2021
The Sneaky, Lying Flower That Pretends to Be a Rotting Beetle
7 mins; June 16, 2021
Peanut the Waiter Robot Is Proof That Your Job Is Safe
9 mins; June 15, 2021
How Many People Die When Polluters Exceed Their Limits?
11 mins; June 14, 2021
Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art
8 mins; June 11, 2021
Nature Can Save Humanity From Climate Doom—but Not On Its Own
9 mins; June 10, 2021
This Evolutionary Gift May Protect Coral From Climate Change
