Timekeeping scientists around the world voted to stop using leap seconds, but what does this mean for us?
Oct 24
14 min
Five years after “Klara and the Sun” was published, the film adaptation exists in an entirely different AI landscape.
Oct 23
25 min
In the name of safety, test engineers turn pill bottles over to kids, launch dead chickens through jet engines, and let bears loose on coolers.
Oct 22
18 min
CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna on the evolution of gene-editing technology, her own path, and what it takes to be a good scientist.
Oct 21
29 min
The proposed PRIMA space telescope just entered Phase B of its development. What does that mean?
Oct 20
15 min
Climate leader Ayana Elizabeth Johnson reflects on this moment of the climate movement and why climate action should be fun.
Oct 19
12 min
"Whalefall" is a race against time, and sperm whale digestion. We get into the gooey gut science and what it took to bring it to the big screen.
Oct 16
18 min
A linguist weighs in on how "politician speak" has changed over the past century, and what it says about what we want from our leaders.
Oct 15
18 min
A free-floating seaweed called sargassum is exploding in the Atlantic ocean, clogging up coastlines from West Africa to the Caribbean.
Oct 14
12 min
For Ada Lovelace Day, our 2018 story about the women who made the internet, with the author of "Broad Band" and the founder of EchoNYC.
Oct 13
17 min
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