What’s the best way to build a molecular machine?
Some of the smallest, most useful machines known to science are the biological molecules that keep living things living. The…
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Want to be a Mars Astronaut? You’ll Need the Proper Mindset
NASA is studying what personality an astronaut candidate needs to make the journey to Mars. Can we go to Mars…
The Blob: Fingerprint of climate change shows up in some extreme weather
In late 2013, something big and strange showed up in the Gulf of Alaska. Scientists called it “the Blob.” It…
What powers these electronics? We do!
Inspiration often comes from unusual sources. Nelson Sepúlveda knows this firsthand. He got his big idea for a new source…
Top Tips fom Tree Tops
The tallest known tree in the world is in Redwood National Park, a few hundred kilometres north of San Francisco, just…
The Swimmer
On a clear, sunny Tuesday afternoon, last August, Andreas Fath climbed out of a river in Paducah, Ky. A small…
Math tools send legislators back to the drawing board
On January 9, 2018, a trio of federal judges made history when they ruled that the boundaries of North Carolina’s…
How does climate change influence extreme weather?
Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston area when it stalled over southeastern Texas in August 2017. In the weeks that followed,…
The long road to Mars
Something about going to Mars has captivated the space-curious for generations; from scientists who want to build the spaceships and…
Everything Worth Knowing About Virtual Reality
Forget reality: In virtual reality, you can be whomever and wherever you want. VR makes the unreal real, using computer…