Science

Mark Cuban’s War on Drug Prices: ‘How Much Fucking Mone...

“I’m not trying to land on Mars,” Cost Plus Drugs founder Mark Cuban joked at WI...

These Stem Cell Treatments Are Worth Millions. Donors G...

A Swedish startup wants to democratize stem cell treatments, but the finances of...

Can Artificial Rain, Drones, or Satellites Clean Toxic ...

India’s capital has turned to tech to fight its worst air pollution in eight years.

The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes

The two probes have left the solar system and are still collecting data from the...

These Stem Cell Treatments Cost the Rich Thousands. Don...

A Swedish startup wants to democratize stem cell treatments, but the finances of...

The Mystery of How Supermassive Black Holes Merge

The giant holes in galaxies’ centers shouldn’t be able to combine, yet combine t...

An Uncertain Future Requires Uncertain Prediction Skills

Forecasting is both art and science, reliant on both rigor and luck—but you can ...

Chocolate Has a Sustainability Problem. Science Thinks ...

Scientists have discovered a new way of making chocolate that uses the entire co...

Tune In to the Healing Powers of a Decent Playlist

Music therapy will move from the fringes of modern medicine to become a sophisti...

The $60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets

Rich nations mine just a fraction of e-waste, leaving $60 billion a year in crit...

Returning the Amazon Rainforest to Its True Caretakers

Indigenous peoples forced from the Amazon rainforest are finally getting the leg...

Tryptophan Isn’t What Puts You Under on Thanksgiving. I...

Turkey takes the blame for you ending up as a crumpled mess on the couch, but th...

How the World Can Cope Better With Extreme Rainfall and...

Climate change, misdiagnosed vulnerability, and ignorance of risk amplify extrem...

The Whole Story of How Humans Evolved From Great Apes

The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the ...

The Physics of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons

How do these giant balloons work? What makes them both easier and more complicat...

Why an Offline Nuclear Reactor Led to Thousands of Hosp...

Radioisotopes are a vital resource for imaging patients’ organs and tumors—but t...

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