Manta rays inspire faster swimming robots and better water filters
Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and...
December 2024
Evolution journal editors resign en masse
Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier’s Journal...
Power company hid illegal crypto mine that may have caused outages
Ahead of a major crackdown on illegal cryptocurrency mines in Russia next year, a power...
Frogfish reveals how it evolved the “fishing rod” on its head
Behold the frogfish. This bizarre creature really is a fish, despite its bullfrog face, pectoral...
Trump told SCOTUS he plans to make a deal to save TikTok
In the weeks before Donald Trump takes office, he has moved to delay a nationwide...
Ten cool science stories we almost missed
There is rarely time to write about every cool science paper that comes our way;...
Whistleblower finds unencrypted location data for 800,000 VW EVs
Connected cars are great—at least until some company leaves unencrypted location data on the Internet...
A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?
We’d been chatting for the better part of two hours when Chris Kraft’s eyes suddenly...
You can love or hate AI, but it’s killed crappy 8GB versions of pricey PCs and Macs
I’d describe myself as a skeptic of the generative AI revolution—I think the technology as...
When does your brain think something is worth the wait?
Whether it’s braving the long line at a trendy new restaurant or hanging on just...
Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security
It’s that time again, when families and friends gather and implore the more technically inclined...
After 60 years of spaceflight patches, here are some of our favorites
The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to...
Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom
It feels like tech workers have caught very few breaks over the past several years,...
After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly
After a long day of stops and starts that stretched well into the evening, and...
The physics of ugly Christmas sweaters
‘Tis the season for many holiday traditions, including the Ugly Christmas Sweater—you know, those 1950s-style...