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The First Private Crew Blasts Off for the Space Station
By Jeffrey Kluger
We Have Enough Climate Tech. What We Need is Political Will
By Alejandro de la Garza
Climeworks Raises $650 Million to Scale Up Carbon Capture Technology
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Vegan Documentarian Tells the Inside Story of Lab-Grown Meat
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The New IPCC Report Was Delayed As Scientists Debated Reliance On Carbon Capture
The U.N. climate body admits the 1.5°C target set under the Paris Agreement now looks unlikely
By Ciara Nugent
April 4, 2022
Nearly Everyone in the World is Breathing Polluted Air, Says WHO
The U.N. health agency's latest findings highlight the need to reduce harmful pollution from industry, energy, and transport
By JAMEY KEATEN / AP
April 4, 2022
The Hubble, About to Be Outclassed, Is Still Making Record-Setting Discoveries
The aging telescope spotted a star that's a staggering 12.9 billion years old
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 1, 2022
The Age of the Private Space Station Is Upon Us
It was all smiles and thumbs-up on March 30, at 5:28 PM local time, when NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov thumped down in the steppes of Kazakhstan...
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 1, 2022
The Human Genome Is Finally Fully Sequenced
Researchers are excited by the potential it holds
By Alice Park
March 31, 2022
Researchers Are Testing Wildlife for COVID-19
The virus has been confirmed in wildlife in at least 24 U.S. states
By Laura Ungar / AP
March 30, 2022
Sarah Al Amiri: 'Our Differences Bring About Great Innovation'
Sarah Al Amiri knows the importance of cultivating diversity in science. Indeed, she assembled a team that included 80% women to help the United Arab Emirates, a nation of fewer than 10 million people, join...
By Nik Popli
March 28, 2022
Ice Shelf the Size of New York City Collapses in Previously Stable East Antarctica
This marks the first time in human history that this region of Antarctica had an ice shelf collapse
By SETH BORENSTEIN / AP
March 25, 2022
Looking for a New Planet? How About 5,000 of Them?
Countless new places for life to emerge
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 25, 2022
Astronomy's Environmental Toll Is Surprisingly High. But There Are Ways to Clean It Up
Sky gazing does not come for free
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 21, 2022
The Fight to Save the Embattled Monarch Butterfly
In the depths of the Californian winter, an ember of hope has flickered for the monarch butterfly, the charismatic and beloved visitor that has seemingly been on a graceful descent into oblivion. The annual mass...
By Oliver Milman
March 21, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope Took Its Best Picture Yet
An ordinary star produces an extraordinary image
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 18, 2022
Russia's War Could Cause Environmental Disasters in Ukraine
A chemical spill or nuclear accident could be catastrophic
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 18, 2022
Chernobyl Experts Say Russia Could Set Off a Nuclear Disaster
"Such behavior does not even fit into our understanding of the world"
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 17, 2022
Pfizer Halts Clinical Trials in Russia But Will Continue to Supply Medicine
Pfizer will donate all profits from its Russian subsidiary to Ukraine relief causes
By TIMOTHY ANNETT / BLOOMBERG
March 14, 2022
The Singing Penis, The Masquerading Clitoris, and Other Sex Secrets of the Animal World
Evolution got especially creative when it came to sex
By Emmanuelle Pouydebat
March 14, 2022
NASA's New Budget Means it Won't Be Going Back to the Moon Anytime Soon
It simply isn't getting the cash it needs to build the necessary hardware
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 11, 2022
Ukraine’s Conflict Has Rippled All the Way to the Arctic
The conflict in Ukraine has far reaching consequences for climate change and the Arctic
By Aryn Baker
March 9, 2022
The Amazon Rainforest is Speeding Toward Climate 'Tipping Point' Within Decades
A new study warns the Amazon could become a dry savanna within a few decades
By ERIC ROSTON / BLOOMBERG
March 7, 2022
The Alternative to Burial or Cremation That Few Know Of
'Any other option would have caused more pain,' says John Garretson, whose son's body was dissolved via aquamation, a rarely used alternative to flame cremation or burial
By Melissa Chan
March 7, 2022
Why Russia (Probably) Won't Crash the Space Station
It's an empty threat, but Moscow's invasion has consequences for space nonetheless
By Jeffrey Kluger
February 28, 2022
IPCC Report: Window to Adapt to Climate Change Closing Fast
After decades of failure to stop emissions rising, a landmark new report released Monday from the United Nations' climate-science body warns that the impacts of climate change are here and now humans need to accelerate...
By Kyla Mandel and Justin Worland
February 28, 2022
Sarah Al Amiri: The Woman Who Took the U.A.E. to Mars
Next up: a mission to Venus and an asteroid landing
By Jeffrey Kluger
February 24, 2022
Home Births Rose During the Pandemic
Planned home births account for a tiny but growing share of U.S. births
By Tara Law
February 11, 2022
Solar Storm Knocks 40 SpaceX Satellites Out of the Sky, After the Company Ignored Scientists' Warnings
Let’s start with the good news: There is no danger to anyone on the ground from the flock of 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites that are currently plunging from orbit and heading for Earth, knocked from...
By Jeffrey Kluger
February 10, 2022
Why 2022 Olympic Bronze Medalists Are Happier Than Silver Medalists
With the Beijing Winter Olympics upon us, Team USA has made clear that it is approaching this year’s Games with a special emphasis on the mental health of its athletes. This perhaps comes as no...
By John A. List
February 10, 2022
NIH Director Francis Collins is Leaving With a Warning for Some Politicians
Before he stepped down on Dec. 19, Dr. Francis Collins was the longest-serving director of the National Institutes of Health since presidents began to appoint them. Installed by President Obama in 2009, he served under...
By Belinda Luscombe
February 4, 2022
A Bomb Cyclone Threatens to Bring Blizzards Along Atlantic Coast. Here's What That Is.
An expert explains what a bomb cyclone is as a powerful Nor'easter winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow to New York and Boston.
By BRIAN K. SULLIVAN AND NAUREEN S. MALIK/BLOOMBERG
January 28, 2022
China’s 5-Year Plan is a Blueprint for the Future of Meat
China's new 5-year plan includes meat grown from stem cells, no slaughter required
By Aryn Baker
January 27, 2022
Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500,000 Cars
Researchers found surprising amounts of heat-trapping methane and nitrous oxides seeping from gas stoves—pollutants that can trigger asthma and other breathing problems
By DAVID R. BAKER / BLOOMBERG
January 27, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope Is in Position—And Now We Wait
It'll be a few more months before it starts peering into the early days of the universe
By Jeffrey Kluger
January 26, 2022
Farmers Globally Need to Prepare for Serious Cash Crop Disruption
Scientists unpack how rising temperatures will upend where avocados, cashews and coffee grow
By Aryn Baker
January 26, 2022
Is There Life on Mars? A New Study Offers Tantalizing Clues
The key is in the carbon
By Jeffrey Kluger
January 20, 2022
How Our Minds Keep Our Emotions From Getting Out of Control
In September 1965, James Stockdale was a naval wing commander on his third tour of combat duty over North Vietnam. Flying just above the treetops at nearly 600 miles-per-hour, his A-4 Skyhawk jet ran into...
By Leonard Mlodinow
January 20, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope's Mission Is Unfolding As Expected
Some of the most crucial—and harrowing—steps are already out of the way
By Jeffrey Kluger
January 7, 2022
There's a Way to End Energy Poverty—And It Has the Side Effect of Making Fossil Fuels Obsolete
You bring your feverish baby to the hospital in the middle of the night. The nurse asks you to go home to get a flashlight. When the flashlight batteries give out, she resorts to a...
By Nicole Poindexter
January 6, 2022
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on China, the ISS, Artemis
The administrator opens up to TIME
By Jeffrey Kluger
January 5, 2022
AI Can Now Craft Jokes—But It's No Laughing Matter
Don’t you hate it,” says Jon the Robot, gesturing with tiny articulated arms at an expectant crowd, “when you’re trying to solve inverse kinematics equations to pick up a cup and then you get ‘Error...
By Corinne Purtill
January 4, 2022
Inside the Project to Genetically Modify Rice to Emit Fewer Greenhouse Gases
A cup of tea in 2006 changed genetic engineering forever. Jill Banfield, a University of California at Berkeley ecosystem scientist and 1999 MacArthur Foundation fellow, had become curious in 2006 about mysterious repeating DNA sequences...
By Eric Roston / Bloomberg
January 3, 2022
NASA Quietly Had a Stellar Year
From the James Webb Space Telescope to the Perseverance rover, the agency had win after win in 2021
By Jeffrey Kluger
December 26, 2021
Breaking Down the Mostly Real Science Behind
Don’t Look Up
Adam McKay's new Netflix comedy may be a farce, but much of the science around how to prevent a comet from colliding with Earth is based in reality
By Jeffrey Kluger
December 21, 2021
The Most Powerful Telescope Ever Built Is Ready to Unlock the Mysteries of the Cosmos
The Hubble's successor is years late and billions over budget, but it might just be worth it
By Jeffrey Kluger
December 20, 2021
Increasing Arctic Fires Are Melting Permafrost That Keeps Carbon Underground
Few things signal something's gone haywire on the planet quite like frozen land on fire. Now scientists have determined that Arctic fires, even milder ones, can reshape a landscape for decades, in ways that may...
By Eric Roston / Bloomberg
December 13, 2021
Arctic Rain Will Soon Be More Common Than Arctic Snowfall
When rain—not snow—fell on the highest point of Greenland’s ice sheet this August for the first time in recorded history, it was considered a worrying anomaly related to the regions’ changing climate. Now, a new...
By Aryn Baker
December 1, 2021
How Your Post-Thanksgiving Diet Could Help Save the Planet
Cutting out meat and dairy can shrink your carbon footprint along with your waistline
By Aryn Baker
November 24, 2021
Fusion Finally Finds Its Place in the Sun
One of my favorite bar signs is the one that promises “Free beer tomorrow.” That’s how I’ve always thought of nuclear fusion—a (theoretically) cheap, pollution-free and inexhaustible energy source, the promise of which has pretty...
By Aryn Baker
November 24, 2021
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