Can Figure Skaters Master the Head-Spinning Physics of a Quintuple Jump?
As recently as a few years ago, a quintuple jump seemed out of the question. Today? Not so much. Here's what it would take.
Catherine Price’s New Book, “How to Break Up With Your Phone”, Presents a 30-day Program for Remembering That Your Time and Attention Are Finite.
A new book presents a 30 day program for handling cell phone addiction.
AI Just Learned How to Boost the Brain’s Memory
If we can’t understand our own brains, maybe the machines can do it for us.
It’s Time For a Serious Talk About the Science of Tech “Addiction”
If the food you eat changes your health, so does your technological diet. Here's what researchers of digital health need to learn from the study of nutrition.
Can Our Phones Save Us From Our Phones?
Mobile apps and internet interfaces can make us distractible. But digital tools could also counteract those bad habits.
Can Our Phones Save Us From Our Phones?
Mobile apps and internet interfaces can make us distractible. But digital tools could also counteract those bad habits.
How the ‘Religious Freedom Division’ Threatens LGBT Health—and Science
New physician protections could cripple health care for LGBT people—as well as the data collection that’s been filling gaps in our medical understanding.
NASA Just Proved It Can Navigate Space Using Pulsars. Where to Now?
For years it's been the stuff of science fiction. Now NASA's shown that pulsar navigation works.
Scientists Discover Clean Water Ice Just Below Mars’ Surface
It’s not just the volume of water they found, it’s how mineable it promises to be.
Scientists Figure Out How to Make Muscles from Stem Cells
Scientists have grown real, twitching muscle from chunks of flesh before. But now, they’ve made muscle fibers out of undifferentiated stem cells.