Astronaut Captures Rare ‘Gigantic Jet’ Lightning Extending 50 Miles Above Earth 
Solar Storm to Trigger Northern Lights in US: Visibility, Timing & Impact 
NASA Tests Advanced Infrared Technology to Improve Wildfire Monitoring 
Scientists Warn of Alarming Rise in Marine Heat Waves and Its Impact on Oceans 
‘The trans lobby got me canceled for saying skeletons are either male or female’: professor
Dr. Elizabeth Weiss is concerned about the direction academia is heading. And she’s not afraid to say it out loud....
16 Nobel Prize-winning economists warn Trump policies will reignite inflation
Sixteen Nobel prize-winning economists signed a letter on Tuesday warning that the US and world economy will suffer if Republican...
Why China’s dominance in commercial drones has become a global security matter
Last week, my colleague James O’Donnell wrote about a report by the think tank Center for a New American Security...
My First Trip to Norway, With A.I. as a Guide
The assignment was clear: Test how well artificial intelligence could plan a trip to Norway, a place I’d never been....
The A.I. Boom Has an Unlikely Early Winner: Wonky Consultants
After ChatGPT came out in 2022, the marketing team at Reckitt Benckiser, which makes Lysol and Mucinex, was convinced that...
When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training
Except as expressly permitted in the Terms, you must not (and must not allow third parties to)… use the Services...
A.I. Will Fix the World. The Catch? Robots in Your Veins.
THE SINGULARITY IS NEARER: When We Merge With A.I., by Ray KurzweilA central conviction held by artificial intelligence boosters, but...
Job title of the future: Space debris engineer
Engineering the ins and outs: Step one in reducing orbital clutter—or, colloquially, space trash—is designing spacecraft that safely leave space...
Inside the US government’s brilliantly boring websites
The US Digital Service (USDS) was set up “to deliver better government services to the American people through technology and...
Learning from catastrophe
Engineers are renowned clock-problem solvers. They’re also notorious for treating every problem like a clock. Increasing specialization and cultural expectations...
Puzzle Corner history
When Allan Gottlieb ’67 began editing the Puzzle Corner column in 1966, he was a junior at MIT, majoring in...
Stress test
Being one of those few women was not easy. In the 1960s and ’70s, when she continued at MIT for...
Depression is different for women. One-size-fits-all drugs aren’t helping.
Chen’s research suggests it doesn’t have to be that way. She investigates the interaction between sex differences, stress, and mental...
Fighting fatphobia
Unshrinking joins the growing literature on anti-fat bias, including the work of sociologist Sabrina Strings, whose book Fearing the Black...
SuperLimbs for astronauts
It’s hard not to laugh at NASA’s blooper reel of astronauts falling and bouncing in slow motion on the moon....
Artificial reefs could protect coastlines and marine life
What they propose is a series of vertical cylinders, each surrounded by four long, rudder-like slats. The engineers found that...
Wearable devices show how sleep patterns change with health conditions
By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Jun 25 2024 In a recent study published in NPJ Digital...
Paramount+ to hike streaming prices here’s how much plans will cost
Paramount Global is raising subscription rates for its flagship streaming services, the media giant said Monday, as it looks to recalibrate...
New research challenges current practices for premature babies
University of Sydney Jun 25 2024 Giving very premature babies high concentrations of oxygen soon after birth may reduce the...