Science & Tech

Science & Tech

Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.

How to protect earth from an asteroid
“Should they strike, each of them has an energy at impact equal to all of the nuclear weapons on Earth combined."
tooth decay
A mouthwash solution containing ferumoxytol and a dye could treat, prevent, and diagnose tooth decay, according to UPenn researchers.
The history of resuscitation
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
hardened wood
Are hardened wood knives and nails coming to a store near you?
elements
There are over 100 known elements in the periodic table. These 8 ways of making them account for every one.
wireless charging
Wireless charging isn't just for phones and laptops. It could also power medical devices like heart implants.
supervolcano
Surface deformation or other signs of an impending explosion may not occur. Instead, supervolcanic eruptions can be much more insidious.
metaverse
If used improperly, the metaverse could be more divisive than social media and an insidious threat to society and even reality itself.
A person lying in bed lacking sleep due to daylight saving time.
These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.
flying cars
Battery-powered urban aircraft are well within the bounds of technological reality.
Mayan
Looking with lasers, researchers discovered that many Olmec and Mayan ruins seem to have been constructed from the same blueprint.
false vacuum
There's a big difference between the notions of 'false vacuum' and 'true vacuum' states. Here's why we don't want to live in the former.
uncertainty
We pretend to be in control, but we have frighteningly little knowledge upon which to base our life’s decisions.
But the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope compels us to add, “so far.” Beginning with its 1990 launch, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized our conception of the Universe. This photo of […]
How the search for alien life is taking place right here in our own Solar System. If you want to understand the origin of life in the Universe, you have three […]
The highest-energy particles of all come from space, not human-made colliders. When it comes to the most energetic particle collisions of all, you might think that the Large Hadron Collider […]
Without these two elements, we’re doomed to fail. In this day and age, it’s virtually impossible to have sufficient expertise to figure out what the complete, comprehensive, scientifically validated truth surrounding […]
More energy means more potential for discovery, but we’re topped out. If your goal is to discover something completely novel, you have to look in a way that no one else […]
Once merely a theoretical curiosity, they might be the key to understanding so much more. Out of all of the known particles — both fundamental and composite — there are a whole slew of properties […]
Whatever’s lurking out there, it isn’t all, or even mostly, normal matter. When it comes to the Universe, it’s only natural to wonder what, exactly, it is that makes everything up. […]