Meet the Competitors Who Dominated the First Cyborg Olympics
Using the latest bionic technology, disabled competitors at the Zurich Cybathlon paired up with prosthetics developers to accomplish tasks ranging…
Want to Survive Climate Change? You’ll Need a Good Community
People are realizing that when the floods come or the heat wave settles, neighbors are the true first responders. We…
An AT&T-Time Warner Merger Won’t Do Jack for Consumers
AT&T says its merger with Time Warner will help consumers. But not much happened the last time a telco merged…
The Beloved Composition Notebook Gets a Slick Redesign
A graphic designer gives the composition notebook a much needed update. The post The Beloved Composition Notebook Gets a Slick…
How to Switch to Android Without Missing iMessage
You can’t replace everything about Messages when you get a new phone. But you can get pretty close. The post…
Think Your Sex Life Is Bad? These Worms Harpoon Each Other With Their Penises
In my book The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar, I profile a lot of bizarre creatures. But none has a…
SpaceX’s Mysterious Rocket Explosion Gets a Little Bit Clearer
Nothing is simple when it comes to figuring out why a rocket unexpectedly explodes. The post SpaceX’s Mysterious Rocket Explosion…
Inside the Machine That Will Turn Your Corpse Into Compost
Each center will be built around a three-story-tall concrete silo for turning ashes to ashes and dust to fertilizer. The…
The Bizarre Experiment That Inspired T.C. Boyle’s New Novel The Terranauts
Biosphere 2 was more than an overfunded personal crusade and fodder for a Pauly Shore movie; it was a rare…
Basketball’s Newest Authority Isn’t Sitting Courtside—He’s Podcasting
Nate Duncan, host of <em>Dunc’d On</em>, has set himself apart with stat-backed insight and deep organizational knowledge. The post Basketball’s…