2025-09-27

The LA Fires Spewed Out Toxic Nanoparticles. He Made It His Mission to Trace Them

Nicholas Spada is one of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear x-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in wildfire smoke. What he’s uncovered in California is a nightmare. [...]

2025-09-27

Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

Companies are going to great lengths to protect the infrastructure that provides the backbone of the world’s digital services—by burying their data deep underground. [...]

2025-09-27

The current war on science, and who’s behind it

A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book. [...]

2025-09-26

5 More Physics Equations Everyone Should Know

These five equations should be part of your mental toolkit. They might even improve your bowling score. [...]

2025-09-26

Fiji’s ants might be the canary in the coal mine for the insect apocalypse

A new genetic technique lets museum samples track population dynamics. [...]

2025-09-26

Could These Eye Drops End the Need for Reading Glasses?

Trials of vision-improving substances are showing good results, though so far only two have been authorized for use in the United States. [...]

2025-09-26

Scientists want to treat complex bone fractures with a bone-healing gun

It's a bit like a handheld 3D printer, with all the accuracy challenges that implies. [...]

2025-09-26

50+ scientific societies sign letter objecting to Trump executive order

Letter urges Congress to take action to safeguard integrity of independent peer-review system. [...]

2025-09-25

Elon Musk’s Grok is cleared for federal government use

Despite Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s very public spats and seemingly still ongoing feud, the White House has remained committed to supporting the former’s AI ambitions. And today, the General Serv [...]