The Perfect Whiskey-toWater Ratio

NEAT OR ON THE ROCKS? OR MAYBE just a touch of water? It's a question long debated by whiskey lovers and one largely left to personal preference until now.

The Fractal Immortality of Grimes

I thought my interview with Grimes-the mysterious techno artist, fan of all nerddom, and the deepest of insiders in Elon Musk's world-would be one-on-one. Instead it wound up as a roundtable discussion. Turns out there are multiple personas embedded in the surprisingly haimish human who sat under a tree with me and spent the waning hours of an afternoon in conversation. There was Claire Boucher, the given name of a Vancouver kid obsessed with video games and devoted to provoking adults with misbehavior and the embrace of taboo subjects. There was Grimes, the self-invented, scrappy DIY musician and provocateur who weaves sci-fi into her work and released what Pitchfork judged to be the second-best song of the 2010s. And there was her preferred nomenclature, "c," invoking the speed of light

FRAUD TRACKER

With her blog Web3 Is Going Just Great, software engineer Molly White rains on the crypto parade. She doesn't feel great about it

MIND WIDE OPEN

Kids soak up new skills, adults not so much. But neuroscientist Gül Dölen might have found a way to help grownups learn like littles and heal from stroke and trauma. Step one: Take psychedelics.

BRING THE NOISE

A vast array of gadgets make it easy to blot out sonic intrusions-maybe a little too easy

Watch This Space

French satellite giant Eutelsat is taking on Elon Musk's Starlink-while navigating Russia's war in Ukraine, Brexit politics, and Iranian jamming attacks

THE UNPARALLELED SQUARENESS OF PETE BUTTIGIEG

Sure, the US secretary of transportation has thoughts on building bridges. But infrastructure occupies just a sliver of his voluminous mind

THE THREE MOUNDS AT RED CLOUD

How much truth and healing can forensic technology really bring? On the sites of Native American boarding schools, Marsha Small has made it her life's mission to find out

SONIC BOOM

With hundreds of thousands of podcasts competing for listeners, hosts are using IRL events and other strategies to make their shows more of an \"experience.\" Fans dig it

THE CASE FOR SOFTWARE CRITICISM

Software may be the defining cultural artifact of our age. It's time to build a culture of critical analysis around it

THE APOCALYPTIC OPTIMISM OF CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

The director says his new biopic, Oppenheimer, might just terrify you. At the very least, it'll force you to ask questions about history, fear, technology-all of it

Can AI Really Teach a Novice Wood-worker How to Complete Their First Project?

What began as a "simple" thought experiment quickly morphed into a complicated and potentially dangerous hands-on experience in the real world of woodworking

A Living History of the Humble Paper Airplane

For centuries, paper airplanes have unlocked the science of flight—now they could inspire drone designs

If We Can Eradicate Zombie Cells

AS WE AGE, OUR BODIES FILL UP WITH a type of dysfunctional cell that permanently stops dividing, called a \"senescent cell.\"

Leroy Hood Wants to Show You How to LIVE FOR A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME

With a big data approach and a focus on disease prevention, the renowned biologist is on a quest to start a healthcare revolution

Take a Right at the Intersection of Wellness and Science

Dr. Deepak Chopra Discusses How Advances in Technology Can Aid the Holistic Medicine Movement

Augmented Reality Glasses

Reshaping What's Real

Sustainability & Success

David Costabile Talks Billions and His Commitment to Clean Energy

MUSIC CITY USA EMBRACES TECH

Nashville Faces Hopes and Fears as Big Tech Rushes In.

The Rise of Killer Bots

The Deployment of Weaponized Robots on Our Streets and Foreign Battlefields is Offering a Chilling Glimpse Into the Future of Policing and Warfare.

The Old Dog Teaches the New Dog Some Tricks

Software Engineering is Increasing Electric Motor Efficiency

Smart Mobility

Emerging Transportation Technology for a Brighter Future

SAVE THE METAVERSE!

The internet is already ruined, but there's still a chance for the virtual universe to follow a different path.

SHOOT THE MOON

Andrew McCarthy produces images worthy of the James Webb Telescope from his backyard-with gear that doesn't require a NASA-grade budget.

THERE IS NO CURE

New drugs like Mounjaro and Ozempic may help people lose weight, but what we really need is a treatment for fatphobia.

HOME KEY

Forget crypto, VR, AI. When it comes to empowering humans, new tech has nothing on the well-tempered clavier.

BACK TO THE ANALOG FUTURE

COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN DIGITAL FOR HALF A CENTURY, WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO RESURRECT THE CLUNKERS OF YESTERYEAR?

PLUME AND DOOM

IN THE ARCTIC, THAWING PERMAFROST IS UNLEASHING CLOUDS OF PLANET-HEATING METHANE. SCIENTISTS RELY ON AN ARSENAL OF TECH TO GET A HANDLE ON JUST HOW NASTY THE PROBLEM IS.

Whether We Should Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth

At first blush, it sounds like a line from Jurassic Park, the fictional dream of resurrecting creatures long dead

Build Our Propane-Fired DIY Pizza Oven

We did it-here's how you can, too.