2025-06-02

Could floating solar panels on a reservoir help the Colorado River?

Floating solar panels appear to conserve water while generating green electricity. [...]

2025-06-02

A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person

Paradromics, a brain-computer interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology. [...]

2025-06-01

How to Make AI Faster and Smarter—With a Little Help from Physics

Rose Yu has drawn on the principles of fluid dynamics to improve deep learning systems that predict traffic, model the climate, and stabilize drones during flight. [...]

2025-06-01

Trump makes a last-minute backtrack on his pick to lead NASA

NASA's next mission will be to find a new agency leader, following a dramatic reversal from President Donald Trump. In a post made on Truth Social, the president withdrew his nomination of Jared [...]

2025-05-31

Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar

US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie. [...]

2025-05-31

Research roundup: 7 stories we almost missed

Also: drumming chimpanzees, picking styles of two jazz greats, and an ancient underground city's soundscape [...]

2025-05-30

Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care

A growing number of incels are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). That should concern us all. [...]

2025-05-30

NASA robot for drilling on icy moons tested on Alaskan glacier

We don't currently have a mission to put it on, but NASA is making sure it's ready. [...]

2025-05-30

Is Using a Stair Machine the Same as Climbing Stairs?

According to physics, one burns more calories than the other—and the winner might surprise you. [...]