The Atlantic
6 Ways We'll Find Enough Water For A Warming Planet
How we'll find enough water for a warming planet.
6 min |
December 2015
Innovation & Tech Today
Bill Nye the Science Guy
The science-politics-education-social media-home automation-global warming-guy.
10+ min |
Fall 2015
Bloomberg Businessweek
How Dow Chemical Is Turning Sewage Into a Refreshing Drink
Dow chemical is turning sewage into a refreshing drink.
10+ min |
December 07 - 13, 2015
New York magazine
Who Wouldn't Pay $30 for a DNA Nip & Tuck?
Self-modification when gene editing is cheaper than plastic surgery.
6 min |
November 30- December 13, 2015
Popular Science
How Science Is Fighting Wilder Wildfires Than Ever Before
In the midst of a nightmarish wildfire season, scientists are often the only barrier between life and death.
10+ min |
November 2015
Bloomberg Businessweek
What Killed America's Climate-Saving Nuke Revival?
One decade ago, the U.S. was on the verge of a second, climate-saving nuclear age. What happened?
10+ min |
November 2 - November 8, 2015
Bloomberg Businessweek
Selling Salvation, Cloud By Cloud
A North Dakota company sells salvation cloud by cloud.
10+ min |
November 2 - November 8, 2015
Popular Science
Mission Europa - Jupiter Or Bust
Jupiter's ocean-filled moon might hold the life we've long searched for in space. And scientists have one shot to reach it.
10+ min |
September 2015
Popular Science
10 Brain Myths Busted
It's going to take more than 10 percent of your brain to read this story.
8 min |
November 2015
Popular Science
Let's Talk About Martians
We found the perfect excuse to geek out on exploring Mars - in science fiction and real life. And we invited the director of The Martian to join us.
7 min |
October 2015
New York magazine
Maybe We're Not Infested With Aliens
Maybe the aliens are part of what makes us us.
6 min |
October 5–18, 2015
Fast Company
Anatomy Of A Micro Lung
How a series of thumb-drive-size chips may revolutionize pharmaceutical development.
1 min |
October 2015
Reason magazine
Bringing The Passenger Pigeon Out Of Extinction
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
10+ min |
October 2015
Bloomberg Businessweek
The $20 Billion Natural Gas Gamble
Rising from a Louisiana Bayou, America's most unlikely energy project will change the natural gas market.
10+ min |
September 07 - September 13 2015
Bloomberg Businessweek
Driscoll's Is Breeding The Fruit Of The Future
Driscoll's is breeding the fruit of the future.
10+ min |
August 3- 9 2015
Bloomberg Businessweek
Shell's Risky, Expensive Plan To Drill, Baby, Drill
A global oil glut has tanked prices and cut profits as politicians vow to confront climate change. So why is Shell drilling for "extreme oil"north of Alaska?
10+ min |
August 10 - August 22, 2015
Popular Science
Your Next Vacation Could Be To 100,000 Feet
Your next vacation could be to 100,000 feet - Balloons like this one will tow a capsule that has seating for six passengers and...a bar.
10+ min |
August 2015
Popular Science
Get Dirty, Stay Healthy
We live in fear of the microbes that inhabit our homes and buildings. But our health may depend on preserving theirs
10+ min |
August 2015
New York magazine
The Fight Over Plastic Bags
The fight over plastics bags is about a lot more than how to get groceries home.
10+ min |
July 13–26, 2015
The Atlantic
Why The Saudis Are Going Solar
The fate of one of the biggest fossil-fuel producers of the past 40 years may now depend on its investment in renewable energy.
10+ min |
July - August 2015
BBC Science Focus
WHICH VAPE FLAVOUR IS WORSE FOR YOU?
If you're trying to quit smoking, you'll have probably heard talk that switching to e-cigarettes - or vapes - is a healthier option. One study by researchers at University College London estimated that in 2017 alone, over 50,000 people stopped smoking thanks to their use of e-cigarettes.
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
PASS THE PLASTIC
All of us are ingesting microplastics. Could dietary fibre help us get it out?
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
'Ageing atlas' reveals how time reshapes our genes
Scientists are building the clearest picture yet of how we age - right down to our cells and DNA
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
Can't see the coral for the trees
This may look like the sort of fantasy forest you might get lost in during a dream, but it's very much real. That said, it's neither a forest, nor big enough for you to explore. And that's because the surreal structures you see here aren't trees. They're coral.
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
Surf's up
These distinctive clouds are named after the two physicists - William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and Hermann von Helmholtz - who studied the phenomenon that forms them. The peculiar wavelike shape of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds is caused by two layers of the atmosphere moving at different speeds above and below the cloud layer.
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
Only 1% of the world is eating a healthy and sustainable diet
A major report found healthier diets could transform the food system
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
60-year mystery of the fossil skull that baffled scientists may finally be solved
The Petralona skull was discovered in Greece in 1960, yet its origin has perplexed experts – until now
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
Taking common vitamin D supplements may actually lower your vitamin D3 levels
Scientists are 'astonished' that the supplements could actually make deficiency worse
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
We finally know why men don't live as long as women, say scientists
Males that spend less energy on sex and more on raising their children tend to live longer
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
There's another diabetes in town, here's how to recognise it
Misdiagnosis rates for this rare type of diabetes could be complicating treatment for patients
5 min |