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The First Woman to Row Solo Across the Pacific is Helping NASA to Map Climate Change

For this dedicated citizen scientist, crossing the Earth's largest ocean is a sideshow to collecting data.
Laura Cress
May 7, 2015 2 min read

How the Future of Your Energy Supply Relies on Your Neighbor

Peer-to-peer energy.
Simon Hazelwood-Smith
May 1, 2015 2 min read

From the Andes to Outer Space

How one company saved Argentina's space program.
Martin Etchegaray
Apr 30, 2015 10 min read

How Spaceships Die

Every probe we send out into space will eventually finish its mission–so what happens next?
Duncan Geere
Apr 29, 2015 6 min read

The Ghost Inside Your FM Radio

The story of Edward Howard Armstrong, the inventor of FM
Duncan Geere
Apr 27, 2015 5 min read

Zoom, Enhance

How decades and centuries of telescope improvements have revealed more of the heavens.
Duncan Geere
Apr 24, 2015 4 min read

Celebrating 25 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope

Happy birthday to an astronomical wonder.
Duncan Geere
Apr 22, 2015 6 min read

Meet Jon Postel, the Man Who Invented dot com

"If the Net does have a god, he is probably Jon Postel."
Duncan Geere
Apr 21, 2015 3 min read

This Little Recording Studio in the Desert Connects People Across Continents

An international festival for the world's longest-standing refugee camp.
Alice Bell
Apr 17, 2015 3 min read

A Submarine With Gills

Artificial gills mean this submersible might let humans breathe underwater anywhere that fish can.
Duncan Geere
Apr 13, 2015 4 min read
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