The war in Ukraine is unlikely to trigger a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. Physics and smart engineering are the reasons why.
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Meet the power plant of the future.
De-urbanized lifestyles can be aligned with basic Taoist principles — and remote workers are starting to feel the connection.
A common weed uses uncommon types of photosynthesis.
Goodbye, Arabica? Learn to love Liberica.
Grandmasters and drug dealers have one thing in common: They are many steps ahead of their rivals.
We don’t yet know if these strange “obelisks” are helpful or harmful.
Around the world, biofuels, so-called green energy sources, are waving major red flags.
The cannabis plant produces both THC – the psychoactive component in marijuana – and the compound commonly known as CBD, which does not lead to a “high.”
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
Smoke taint from wildfires is gross, even to wine amateurs.
An innovation’s value is found between the technophile’s promises and the Luddite’s doomsday scenarios.
According to Peter Ward’s “Medea hypothesis,” photosynthesizing organisms regularly doom most life on Earth by over-consuming carbon dioxide.
Growing evidence suggests a link between the debilitating neurological illness and the microbes that live in our intestines. The vagus nerve may be a pathway.
Preventing scurvy is not just a problem in the Antarctic.
This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.
Opponents of America’s entry into the looming Second World War believed the U.S. would be dismembered.
To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.
The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.
The stench of death is actually fairly pleasant.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Unfortunately, the Lunar Ark project is an idea more at home in science fiction than science fact.
Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.
In the 1960s, politicians and bureaucrats were formulating the Central Arizona Project. Citizens fought back.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
From synthetic biology to xenotransplantation, biotech will continue to march forward in 2023, in part powered by data and AI.