Resetting the Way We Teach Science is Vital for All Our Futures
COVID-19 has forced more than 1 billion students and youth out of school, triggering the world’s biggest educational technology…
The First Gene-Edited Squid in History Is a Biological Breakthrough
Squid are among the smartest ocean dwellers. Along with other ink-squirting cephalopods like octopuses and cuttlefish, squid…
Construction of the World’s Biggest Nuclear Fusion Plant Just Started in France
Fusion power promises to provide limitless green energy using cheap and abundant fuel, but it’s a long-running joke…
The Panopticon Is Already Here
Northwest of beijing’s Forbidden City, outside the Third Ring Road, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has spent seven decades…
The 3D Printed Homes of the Future Are Giant Eggs on Mars
Last month, a 3D printed house that can float on a pontoon was unveiled in the Czech Republic. Last…
Google Loon Is Now Beaming WiFi Down to Earth From Giant Balloons
Four years ago, three big tech companies had plans in the works to beam internet down to Earth from…
How Small Satellites are Radically Remaking Space Exploration
At the beginning of this year, a group of NASA scientists agonized over which robotic missions they…
Physicists Say They’ve Found a ‘Tetraquark’
Scientists announced the discovery of a new exotic particle – a so-called “tetraquark” – a finding that…
First International Dark Sky Park In New Zealand Accredited
Wai-iti Recreational Reserve and Tunnicliff Forest has been named the first International Dark Sky Park in New Zealand.…
17 Ways Technology Could Change the World by 2025
1. AI-optimized manufacturing Paper and pencil tracking, luck, significant global travel and opaque supply chains are…