
This spring, an 80-year-old Japanese chalk company went out of business. Nobody, perhaps, was as sad to see the…
This spring, an 80-year-old Japanese chalk company went out of business. Nobody, perhaps, was as sad to see the…
There is no permanent solution for Fukushima’s radioactive water, which has been leaking out of storage tanks again…
Ever since humans started building tall things, birds have been pooping on them, including high-voltage power lines.…
The physicists who invented the nuclear bomb worked out of Los Alamos in New Mexico, but the people who did the…
Graphene, already a plenty weird wondermaterial, has an unexpected new property that could one day play a role in…
Inbox, aka Google’s attempt at fixing the cesspool that is email, is no longer invite only. You can download it…
The U.S. Air Force’s supersecret X-37B was launched into orbit for the fourth time last week, and amateur satellite…
Glaciology is in the middle of a slow-moving crisis. As the climate warms, glaciers are shrinking and then…