Archaeology
The Alchemist's Tale
Long regarded as a charlatan’s game, alchemy is now taking its proper place in the history of science.
8 min |
January/February 2016
Techlife News
Good Evidence For 9th Planet In Solar System
CEO Mark Parker, an introverted sneaker designer, has doubled revenues and profits for the footwear and apparel powerhouse and boosted its stock price six fold. Here’s how he plans to keep the winning streak alive.
3 min |
January 24,2016
Archaeology
Top 10 Discoveries of 2015
Archaeology’s editors reveal the year’s most compelling finds.
10+ min |
January/February 2016
PC Magazine
DNA as Storage for Mankind's Permanent Record
The Marc Jacobs woman is always ready to play. Her next role? Seductress. Her costume? Just a spritz of decadence, says Maggie Bullock.
5 min |
January 2016
Innovation & Tech Today
Avatar Director James Cameron Offers A New Way To Fight Climate Change
Hollywood’s long-lasting leading man succeeded by being himself.
5 min |
Winter 2015
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 Sky at Night Magazine
Space conspiracies EXPOSED
Armed with hard science, Alastair Gunn takes apart 10 of the most popular and persistent space conspiracy theories
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How dark is your sky?
Discover the Bortle scale, a simple way to judge night-sky quality wherever you are
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Air clings to small planets after all
Small, rocky worlds once thought bare may have habitable atmospheres
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
'Universe breakers' could be black hole stars
Unexplained little red dots may be an entirely new precursor to black holes
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Rogue planets host their own mini planetary systems
Starless, free-floating giant worlds may build rocky planets of their own
1 min |