The US Wants Space Business to Stay Laissez-Faire
Moon Express announced it has gotten permission to be the first private company to land on the moon. The post…
Theranos Had a Chance to Clear Its Name. Instead, It Tried to Pivot
Theranos’ new box, called miniLab, is a tidy, humbled version of the mythos that made the company a $9 billion…
Science Didn’t Make a Great Showing At Either Party’s Convention
A survey of science-related words used at the national conventions shows that neither party was particularly cognizant of science. The…
This Year, Every Vote Is a Vote for or Against Climate Change
No political party has ever presented itself as taking the issue seriously during a presidential election. That has changed. The…
How New Zealand Plans to Kill Its (Non-Human) Invasive Mammals
What could go wrong? The post How New Zealand Plans to Kill Its (Non-Human) Invasive Mammals appeared first on WIRED.…
It Would Take a Lot of THC to Contaminate a Water Supply
A small town in Colorado detected THC in samples of its water supply. That’s probably not what it is. The…
SoCal’s Massive Water Agency Grabs Up Land on NorCal’s Wettest River
Southern California’s huge water agency hopes that buying four islands east of San Francisco will secure its future water resources.…
Inside Kepler, NASA’s Mission to Discover Habitable Exoplanets
Kepler’s K2 mission confirms 104 new exoplanets. The post Inside Kepler, NASA’s Mission to Discover Habitable Exoplanets appeared first on…
The Sea Will Get a Lot Quieter Without the Navy’s Whale-Killing Sonar
On July 15, a federal court ruled that the Navy can’t use a particularly powerful sonar tool in waters inhabited…
These Physicists Want to Send Your DNA Into Space With Lasers
A pair of physicists want to turn outer space into a cloud for humanity’s most prized data. The post These…