This is how (almost) anyone can train to be an astronaut
In his 1979 book of the same name, Tom Wolfe described astronauts as needing the…
Some artists found a lifeline selling NFTs. Others worry it’s a trap.
Anna Podedworna first heard about NFTs a month or so ago, when a fellow artist…
Inside Netflix’s Indian Gambit
One afternoon before the pandemic, I went to a decommissioned hospital in West London to…
Democratizing data for a fair digital economy
The digital revolution is here, but not everyone is benefiting equitably from it. And as…
The US is about to reach a surprise milestone: too many vaccines, not enough takers
The US has administered more than 118 million doses of covid-19 vaccines so far, and…
Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out.
Nikolai Petrovsky was scrolling through social media after a day on the ski slopes when…
A mouse embryo has been grown in an artificial womb—humans could be next
The photographs alone tell a fantastic story—a mouse embryo, complete with beating heart cells, a…
How lightning strikes could explain the origin of life—on Earth and elsewhere
The search for life on other planets is a lot like cooking. (Bear with me…
Facebook is making a bracelet that lets you control computers with your brain
Facebook says it has created a wristband that translates motor signals from your brain so…
Mars’s lost water may be buried beneath the planet’s crust
Billions of years ago, Mars was a warm home to lakes and oceans. That is, until…