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SpaceX Is Banking on Satellite Internet. Maybe It Shouldn’t

May 21, 2019

Internet access is so ubiquitous in the United States and Western Europe that it has spawned an entire cottage industry to help people disconnect. Yet for roughly half the world’s population, this level of connectivity is simply unfathomable. Nearly Continue reading →

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Internet, internet access, Satellites, Science, Space, SpaceX

China’s Scientists Are the New Kids on the Arctic Block

May 10, 2019

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For nearly a century, the Arctic has been a scientific playground for American, Canadian, and European researchers studying everything from magnetic fields to krill populations, as well as documenting rising temperatures and a changing climate. But with China increasingly Continue reading →

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arctic, china, Environment, politics, Science

The Grid Might Survive an Electromagnetic Pulse Just Fine

May 9, 2019

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Over the past few years, speculation has risen around whether North Korea or any other nation could detonate a nuclear weapon over the United States that would create an electromagnetic pulse and knock out all electricity for weeks or months. Continue reading →

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electricity, nuclear war, politics, power grid, Science

In Automation, the ‘Last Motion’ Will Come Before the Last Mile

May 4, 2019

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We talk a lot these days about using robots to manage the problem of the "last mile." Say, getting a package to a doorstep from a local delivery center. Or picking up garbage from a backyard. Or delivering pizza.

The Continue reading →

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automation, opinion, robots, Science

The Construction Industry Needs a Robot Revolution

April 21, 2019

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In debates about the future of work, technology is often portrayed as the villain. One recent study calculated that 38 percent of jobs in the United States were at a “high risk” of being automated during the next decade. Continue reading →

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opinion, robots, Science

Prep for Your Toughest Races Like a Master Marathoner

April 19, 2019

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On Wednesday, I spoke with Mebrahtom Keflezighi, perhaps the most successful American marathoner of all time. He won the New York City marathon in 2009 and the Boston Marathon in 2014. He won an Olympic silver medal and was internationally Continue reading →

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Health, marathon, running, Science, sports

Single women are paying thousands to freeze their eggs but at what cost?

April 3, 2019

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One cycle means paying up to 8,000 and the birth rate is just 18%. Despite this, women are increasingly choosing this route

Growing numbers of women are choosing to freeze their eggs because they havent found the right partner yet Continue reading →

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Biology, Consumer affairs, Fertility problems, Health, IVF, money, Reproduction, Science, Society, UK news

In Germany, Solar-Powered Homes Are Really Catching On

March 27, 2019

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This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Stefan Paris is a 55-year-old radiologist living in Berlin’s outer suburbs. He, his partner, and their three-year-old daughter share a Continue reading →

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Batteries, Environment, Germany, Science, Solar Energy, solar panels

A Teen Started a Global Climate Protest. What Are You Doing?

March 22, 2019

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This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Greta Thunberg cut a frail and lonely figure when she started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish parliament Continue reading →

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Climate change, Science

Inside the High-Stakes Race to Make Quantum Computers Work

March 12, 2019

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Deep beneath the Franco-Swiss border, the Large Hadron Collider is sleeping. But it won’t be quiet for long. Over the coming years, the world’s largest particle accelerator will be supercharged, increasing the number of proton collisions per second by a Continue reading →

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quantum computing, Science