Why I’m a proud solutionist
Debates about technology and progress are often framed in terms of “optimism” vs. “pessimism.” For…
Welcome to TikTok’s endless cycle of censorship and mistakes
Ziggi Tyler is part of TikTok’s Creator Marketplace, a private platform where brands can connect…
Richard Branson just flew to the edge of space. Here’s what it means for space travel.
The timing could have been better. Yesterday, July 11, British entrepreneur and billionaire Richard Branson shot…
AI voice actors sound more human than ever—and they’re ready to hire
The company blog post drips with the enthusiasm of a ’90s US infomercial. WellSaid Labs…
How hot is too hot for the human body?
Climate change is making extreme heat more common and more severe, as we’ve seen in…
Why the grid is ready for fleets of electric trucks
Whether you call them semis, tractor-trailers, or 18-wheelers, heavy-duty trucks keep the economy (literally) moving.…
Bats’ brains predict their next move during flight
More than a thousand species use echolocation, but after millions of years of evolution, bats’…
The solar wind bubble that protects Earth has been mapped for the first time
In 2009, using NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, also known as IBEX, astronomers spied a strange…
Climate change made the record-shattering Northwest heat wave 150 times more likely
Yes, blame climate change. Human-driven global warming fueled the heat wave that likely killed hundreds…
Carbon removal hype is becoming a dangerous distraction
In February, oil giant Shell trumpeted a scenario in which the world pulls global warming…