Death on the Porcelain Throne
It starts with a nobleman in 1076. Duke Godfrey "the Hunchback" sat down to do what all men do. Then someone speared him through...
Bixonimania: The Fake Disease AI Believed
Real problems hide in fake data. That is what Almira Osmanovic Thunstrom proved.
Screens hurt.
You know that feeling. Itchy, sore eyes after hours of staring....
Snake Season Returns
Ready for the hunt.
Everglades National Park is launching the Florida Python Challenge again. If you want to help wage war on an invasive species,...
Bundibugyo Ebolis a tricky beast to catch
130 dead.
500 infected.
And likely more on the way.
Global health officials are staring down a new outbreak. Not the usual Ebola strain. This one is...
Why Your Pink Eraser Is Actually Just Glue in Disguise
It works by stealing your graphite.
Simple physics, really. But also kind of gross when you think about the molecular warfare happening between your finger...
A real Mr. Snuffleupagus hides in the deep
David Harasti still sees that fish.
He saw it way back in 2003 while diving off the coast of Papua New Guinea. A flash of...
Why Nobody Can Crack the Million-Dollar Prime Code
It was October 2024. I was at a Harvard workshop watching mathematicians talk AI. Not in panic, mind you, but in excitement. New tools,...
A Nuke On The Moon. Really?
Rachel Feltman sits with Robin George Andrews to break down a plan that sounds like science fiction until you remember it is current policy....
The messy hunt for the perfect qubit
Scientists everywhere are building machines that cheat classical logic. They’re tapping into the weirdness of quantum mechanics to solve problems conventional computers just can’t...
Satellites, Secrets, and the New War Sky
The day after the US and Israel started fighting Iran, Planet Labs hit send. “Sharing our first batch of area impacted by airstrikes,” the...
