Uber Just Reinvented the Bus … Again
Beyond the jokes about its new shuttle service are serious questions about what it will mean for struggling transit systems, air quality, and congestion.
How to Prepare for a Climate Disaster in Trump’s America
Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies.
How One Keto Trial Set Off a New War in the Nutrition World
A study claimed that people who eat high-fat, low-carb diets weren’t seeing their arteries fill up with plaque, despite having high levels of blood cholesterol. Critics disagreed—and all hell broke loose.
Astronomers Have Detected a Galaxy Millions of Years Older Than Any Previously Observed
Researchers estimate that MoM z14 was created 280 million years after the Big Bang, 10 million years earlier than the previous most primitive galaxy recorded.
A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person
Paradromics, a brain-computer interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology.
How to Make AI Faster and Smarter—With a Little Help from Physics
Rose Yu has drawn on the principles of fluid dynamics to improve deep learning systems that predict traffic, model the climate, and stabilize drones during flight.
Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar
US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie.
Climate scientists are hosting a 100-hour YouTube livestream in response to Trump’s research funding cuts
Climate scientists are gathering on YouTube for 100 hours to talk about the importance of weather research amid White House funding cuts.
Is Using a Stair Machine the Same as Climbing Stairs?
According to physics, one burns more calories than the other—and the winner might surprise you.
The Plan to Send Plant-Filled ‘Gardens’ Into Orbit
Off-world agriculture has long seemed experimental, but that could soon change thanks to a collaboration between design firm Heatherwick Studio and the space architecture nonprofit Aurelia Institute.