The Universe Is More in Our Hands Than Ever Before
Astronomy is in a new era. It involves giant lasers.
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The Ice Age Has Nothing on ‘Snowball Earth’
Five hundred million years before the dawn of dinosaurs, strange animals ruled a frozen planet.
The Military Is About to Launch a Constellation
Private companies have been sending herds of tiny satellites to orbit for years. Now the Space Force wants to join this very crowded party.
74 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2022
Where The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters found wonder in a sometimes-sobering year
If You Must Cry Over a Space Robot, Make It This One
NASA’s InSight mission was the little lander that kinda, mostly could.
No One Can Decide If Grapefruit Is Dangerous
The citrus can raise the level of dozens of drugs in the body—sometimes to a worrying degree, sometimes very much not.
Future Generations Might Never Get to Kiss Under the Mistletoe
Climate change is threatening this yuletide classic.
How Long Until Alaska’s Next Oil Disaster?
The compromise that passed the Inflation Reduction Act has Alaskans braced for catastrophe.
How Glass Frogs Weave the World’s Best Invisibility Cloak
The amphibians pull off a death-defying magic trick to stay hidden while they sleep.
Boston Is Losing Its Snow Wicked Fast
New England is warming more quickly than almost anywhere else on Earth.