Skip to Content

blog

When Sowing Fear Is a Public Service

Nuclear winter is scary as hell. Spread the word.

July 7, 2023

How the 1918 Pandemic Revolutionized Virology

The 20th century’s deadliest pandemic launched medical thinking in a dramatically new direction.

July 6, 2023

Why Electric Cars Are Taking Off

It’s not that we like EVs more. They’re just way better now.

July 6, 2023

Finding the Neural Correlates of Consciousness Is Still a Good Bet

How the wager between a neuroscientist and a philosopher will keep paying off.

July 5, 2023

A New Experiment Casts Doubt on the Leading Theory of the Nucleus

By measuring inflated helium nuclei, physicists have challenged our best understanding of the force that binds protons and neutrons.

July 5, 2023

Why E-Bikes Catch Fire

The dangerous chemistry of cheaply made lithium batteries.

July 5, 2023

A Scientific Breakthrough in Noise Reduction

Ionized air and wires may take headphones to the next level.

The Dark Side of Fungi

They’re not all magical and entangled. These fungi will kill you.

July 3, 2023

Winning By a Hair

For cyclists, it’s a drag when you don’t shave your legs.

June 30, 2023

What the Dragonfly Knows

Researchers are studying their extraordinary flight patterns to help us build tiny aircraft and protect global ecosystems.

June 29, 2023

The Biologist Blowing Our Minds

Michael Levin is uncovering the incredible, latent abilities of living things.

June 28, 2023

What Intense Rituals Signal to Your Brain

Risky and stressful ceremonies help crystallize who we are—and heal us, too.

June 28, 2023