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.

A woman holding a syringe administers an mRNA vaccine with gloves and a mask on.
Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.
A painting of a group of people around a table with an air pump.
Science and technology were making early modern Europe a better place to live, but at what cost?
A crab with evolved brain functions.

Note: Keywords "crab" and "brain evolution" were used.
600 million years ago, the sea sponge had a dream.
Two crows perched on a branch.
They're not just watching you; they're also calculating.
A group of women adopting new technologies.
New tech is a double-edged sword. Integration can be expensive and perilous: Mess up the adoption and jobs are on the line. 
attosecond spectroscopy research center laser
Our greatest tool for exploring the world inside atoms and molecules, and specifically electron transitions, just won 2023's Nobel Prize.
warp drive analogy
In the quest to measure how antimatter falls, the possibility that it fell "up" provided hope for warp drive. Here's how it all fell apart.
An American Bully dog with a leash in the woods.
When the UK bans the American Bully XL this year, it won't rely on science to identify them.
A man sitting in a leather chair, contemplating psychology.
Recent high-profile instances of fraud in psychology have led some to wonder if there's anything useful about the field at all.
A 3d image of a blue and red sphere.
Seventy-five years after the anomaly's discovery, scientists have finally figured out why sea levels are so much lower here.
Four egyptian sarcophagi with animal heads emitting the smell of ancient Egyptian mummies.
The stench of death is actually fairly pleasant.
A man and a monkey named Ivanov kissing in the ocean.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.
An artist's rendering of an alien planet and a red star.
Within the next few decades, we may well have hard evidence for the existence of alien life on worlds light-years distant from Earth.
A silhouette of a woman standing in front of a computer screen, showcasing generative AI technology for business.
We used to think, "That email isn’t going to write itself." But now it can, thanks to AI. And there's so much more, from coding to marketing.
A picture of a neuron with blue and yellow lights.
“I think it has a real chance to reverse motor symptoms, essentially replacing a missing part.”
Two enigmatic jellyfish dancing in the dark.
The best answer we have is, "Life is matter with intentionality."
The study of antimatter.
Sci-fi enthusiasts have long hoped that a substance called antimatter might experience gravity opposite that of ordinary matter. It doesn't.
Earth-like exoplanet
Some fascinating observations of K2-18b have come along with horrendous, speculative communications. There's no evidence for oceans or life.
A challenger brand's rocket launch in the clouds.
When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.
mars oceans
Chemical changes inside Mars' core caused it to lose its magnetic field. This, in turn, caused it to lose its oceans. But how?