Science

The Solar System’s Hottest Real Estate

Where can we live other than Earth?
Duncan Geere
Oct 2, 2015 3 min read

The History and Legacy of the Quest to Find the Aether

Nineteenth-century scientists faced a conundrum: How does light work? While they understood that light was a wave–Newton and others had proved...
Richard Baguley
Sep 22, 2015 6 min read

Rocket Mail

How missiles almost revolutionized the world's postal services.
Duncan Geere
Sep 16, 2015 10 min read

$100 Million Probably Isn’t Enough To Find Aliens, But Here’s Why It’s Still Worth Looking

Sometimes the most important scientific discoveries aren't the ones that were intended.
Duncan Geere
Jul 22, 2015 2 min read
Some cinema-style popcorn in a red and white striped carton

Ten Stories of Science and Tech Hollywood Should Tell Next

With the stories of Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking both up for Oscars, here's 10 more historical characters from the fields...
Alice Bell
Feb 20, 2015 4 min read

Billions of Kids Will Use This $1-dollar Paper Microscope

Getting science into the hands of children across the world.
Charles Q. Choi
Oct 29, 2014 1 min read
A thermometer.

Jiggliness–The New Scientific Way to Measure Temperature

It might sound strange, but movement is the secret to the most accurate temperature readings available.
Tom Whipple
Oct 22, 2014 2 min read
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