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Citizens Of The World's Edge
Not everyone believes our planet is a sphere. Welcome to flat Earth.
The Bold Man And The Sea
Inside the ambitious quest to reach the bottom of each ocean and change the landscape of exploration
The Last Fighter Pilot
The new F-35 fighter jet is so sophisticated, so automated, so connected, it's fueling a debate: do pilots still need to fly?
This Glider Will Fly 90,000 Feet Higher Than Most Aircraft
With a hit TV show, a killer voice, and membership in Taylor Swift's squad, Serayah is absolutely unstoppable.
President Barack Obama on How To Win the Future
Along with running the free world, President Barack Obama has spent the past seven years guiding U.S. science and technology policy. The initiatives and goals he puts in place - in clean energy, space, medicine, education, nanotechnology, and more - help direct research, which in turn directs the future. With one year left in the Oval Office, the president talks about what he’s achieved, what’s left to do (a lot), and why being a nerd is one of the best ways to serve your country.
Can this Billionaire Create a Life for Humans in Space?
Can Robert Bigelow create a life for humans in space?
Mars 2020 Vision
Mimi Aung was still a young girl when she learned a lesson that has defined her career at NASA.
What Beginners Need To Master Vertigo
Despite gravity’s efforts to keep humans grounded, the lure of exploring and conquering massive walls draws climbers upward.
How Science Is Fighting Wilder Wildfires Than Ever Before
In the midst of a nightmarish wildfire season, scientists are often the only barrier between life and death.
A Campsite In a Backpack
When you’re climbing a steep, rocky trail on the side of a mountain, a bulky pack catching on branches or scraping against boulders will slow your ascent.
Can Your Genes Make You Kill?
Science’s search for the roots of violence.
Fukushima: Five Years Later
Japan is still cleaning up one of the worst nuclear disasters the world has ever seen. Steve Featherstone went there to see how much they have accomplished and how far they have to go.
Alarm Will Sound
As long as nuclear power exists, there will be attempts to swipe its radioactive fuel. Meet the people trying to keep that from happening.
Get Dirty, Stay Healthy
We live in fear of the microbes that inhabit our homes and buildings. But our health may depend on preserving theirs
Will Uber Be The Next Robotic Superpower?
The car-service startup has a brazen plan to become a robotic superpower. Should we be excited or afraid?
10 Brain Myths Busted
It's going to take more than 10 percent of your brain to read this story.
The Future-Proofing Engine
Oil won’t last forever, and Dubai’s government knows it. To stay prosperous, the city-state bets big on science and technology.
The Blame Changer
ACCORDING TO A RECENT YALE SURVEY, 7 IN 10 Americans believe global warming is real and happening. And 6 in 10 believe it is affecting U.S. weather. But only 1 in 3 say they’ve personally felt its effects. That disconnect stuck with Heidi Cullen. “You’re never going to think of it as an issue that’s urgent unless you recognize the fact that you’re already being impacted,” says Cullen, chief scientist for the nonprofit Climate Central. Now in its ninth year, Climate Central is part research hub and part journalism outfit—an unusual hybrid that tries to connect climate change to people’s lives.
Head Trip
WRONG WAY : upside down lightning
Werner Herzog
On the Intersection of Humanity and Artificial Intelligence.
Ayah Bdeir
On Prepping Students for the Jobs of the Future.
The Man Who Would Kill Your Holidays
STEVE HANKE IS AGITATED. AN INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIST given to sonorous talks on troubled currencies, he sits in a book-jammed office, jabbing his finger at an offending email printout.
Where Did It All Begin?
A new geological finding stirs questions—and controversy—about where and when earliest life emerged.
Glimpse Within
A SHARP PAIR OF EYES CAN PROBABLY SPOT SOMETHING AS wee as a paramecium swimming in a petri dish. Anything tinier requires the optical assist of lenses refracting light toward your peepers, making the itty-bitty look big. These microscopes offer increasingly powerful optics, giving you a towering perspective on hidden realms.
Space-Time Continuum
IN THE 5 8 YEARS SINCE ALAN Shepard became the first American to orbit Earth, NASA has deemed just one watch tough enough to wear in open space.
Starry Night, Done Right
IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, PEERING INTO THE MILKY WAY requires nothing more than waiting for nightfall, stepping outside, and looking up.
Dinner Is Preserved
THE FIRST AMERICANS IN SPACE SQUIRTED THEIR MEALS OUT of tubes.
Body,Heal Thyself
Science Is Looking Inward for New Fixes to What Ails Us
The Enforcer
Jodi Holeman Tries a New Weapon as She Fights That Blood Sucking, Zika Spreading Invader, Aedes Aegypti
Small Stunts Can Do A Big Number On Your Brain
The science behind the impossible room.