Science & Tech

Science & Tech

Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.

Sex can be a death trap even for modern toad and frog species.
Anything, good or bad, about Henry Ford can be contradicted — except his ambition and his work.
jwst cartwheel
The first set of James Webb's images blew us all away. In just 2 mere months, it's seen highlights that no one could have predicted.
covid nasal spray
The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.
FU orionis illustration
As recently as 1990, we didn't know of any planets beyond our Solar System. Today, with 5000+, we're deep into the weeds of how they form.
Following the advent of human space flight, NASA began naming missions after children of Zeus.
multiverse
Each of us carries our own version of the Multiverse in our heads.
consciousness
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
aliens
One book will gather all topics on the search for life in the Cosmos.
An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time.
zaporizhzhia
The war in Ukraine is unlikely to trigger a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. Physics and smart engineering are the reasons why.
zodiac ptolemy harmonia macrocosmica
No planet enters retrograde more frequently than Mercury, which does so 3-4 times each year. Here’s the scientific explanation for why.
hiv vaccine
HIV mutates rapidly, which has made the development of a vaccine an enormous challenge for decades. Finally, we might have one.
theory
Even the dictionary doesn't get the definition right.
creatine
Athletes often use creatine to boost performance and aid muscle recovery. Accumulating evidence suggests it could also help with depression.
The AI test can be done every night at home while the person is asleep, without even touching their body.
Spaceguard shows that we can manage risks to the extinction of humanity — if only we put our mind to it.