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“Race Against Time” to Discover Ocean Life Prompts Launch of Global Initiative

A global alliance embarking on a race against time to discover and protect ocean life, before it’s too late.

June 7, 2023

Schmidt Ocean Institute Launches New Research Vessel That Will Change the Face of Ocean Exploration

Founders Eric and Wendy Schmidt launch R/V Falkor (too), with an inaugural expedition, expanding capacity, capability, and science for ocean research and technology development globally.

June 7, 2023

The Pet That Doesn’t Poop

How playing with robot animal companions boosts patients’ health.

June 6, 2023

How Can Science Be More Creative?

One question for Ruth Morgan, a professor of crime and forensic sciences at University College London.

June 5, 2023

What to Wear in the Next Pandemic

Could a spacesuit designed for Mars help us quarantine on Earth?

June 5, 2023

The Cellist and the Physicist

A conversation between Yo-Yo Ma and Fabiola Gianotti.

June 2, 2023

What Hallucinogens Will Make You See

8 ways psychedelics distort our vision.

June 1, 2023

Were These Caves Licked into Place?

Some of the Earth’s hardest features have been shaped by soft animal bodies.

June 1, 2023

A New View of the Martian Globe

This map of Mars provides an in-depth look at its expansive geography and topography.

Finding the Color of an Empire

What a particular shade of black can teach us about an ancient civilization.

Welcome to The Porthole

Short sharp looks at science.

June 1, 2023

Saturn’s Rings Could Be Younger Than Flowers

We’re lucky that a relatively recent catastrophe created the gas-giant spectacle.

May 31, 2023