The world’s donkeys are threatened by demand for Chinese traditional medicine
Donkeys are undergoing their worst crisis ever.
A song of gods and dragons: What’s behind the animals carved in Norway’s stave churches
It's one of the most bizarre (and beautiful) kind of church you can see -- and it hides quite the...
Climate change is coming for our bananas
Climate change used to be good for bananas. Not anymore.
Does cryptocurrency need governance? These researchers say so
Bitcoin has done a lot for some people, but what has it really done for society?
Researchers use machine learning to build 3D maps from historical maps
Literally adding a new dimension to old maps.
After three successful flights, NASA’s Mars helicopter soars to higher ambition
After completing its fourth flight, Ingenuity is now looking to an even more ambitious mission.
Inactive oil wells are a big source of methane emissions
Uncapped oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane into the atmosphere and surface water each year.
India sets grim record of 400,000 coronavirus cases per day
Experts fear even this is an undercount.
France to start using algorithms to detect terrorists — but are algorithms that good?
The arms race between terrorists and officials is going online.
Our favorite Google Earth timelapses show how nature is bowing to our cities and industry
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The COVID-19 variant in India: what we know so far
As the coronavirus continues to dangerously mutate, we're in a vaccination arms race against it.
How GPS works: the magic of satellites and precise watches
It's one of the modern wonders of the world, and we just take it for granted.
What is Matcha, and what are its real science-backed benefits?
It's one of the finest, most exquisite types of tea.
Chernobyl in photos — what does the exclusion area look like 35 years after the disaster?
Some of our favorite photos from the ghost town Pripyat and the nuclear plant exclusion zone.
The Chernobyl Disaster — 35 Years Since our Worst Nuclear Tragedy
A look at what really happened at Chernobyl, what it looks like now, and what the effects of this tragedy...
The world’s most remote island is hiring. Here’s how you can apply
The RSPB Wildlife Charity is looking for a Marine Management Support Officer to help develop conservation plans.
NASA can put you on Mars with the Perseverance Photo Booth
No technical skills required.
Another first: NASA’s Perseverance rover extracts oxygen on Mars
NASA's new Mars rover is marking one milestone after the other, paving the way for human exploration of Mars.
Scientists develop origami inflatable structures that are stable both inflated and deflated
Monostable inflatable buildings are *so* last year.
A pack of …T-Rex? Tyrannosaurs may have hunted in packs like wolves, study finds
The solitary king of the dinosaurs may have not been that solitary after all.