California wants to build more solar farms but needs more power lines
Transmission is now a big tension point for clean energy developers across the US.
Science // Science & Exploration
Healthy adults don’t need annual COVID boosters, WHO advisers say
The advice clashes with FDA's suggestion to treat COVID boosters like flu shots.
Human cells hacked to act like squid skin cells could unlock key to camouflage
It's not possible to culture squid skin cells in the lab; this approach provides a solution.
Did we already observe our first “blitzar”?
Radio burst may come from a neutron star that's too big to live.
A front-runner emerges in the European small launcher race
Isar Aerospace could launch its Spectrum rocket within the next year.
NY officials detect polio again, warn of possible summer wave
With new detection, officials warn of spring and summer transmission risks.
Webb Telescope confirms nearby rocky planet has no significant atmosphere
A close look at one of TRAPPIST-1's planets shows it's bare and baking.
Blue Origin provides a detailed analysis of its launch failure
The company says it intends to return to flight "soon."
Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it? We ran the numbers.
Here's the math behind making a star-encompassing megastructure.
Your grocery bag might not have been recycled
Laws encourage recycling plastics, but verifying recycled content relies on tricky math.
The fight to expose corporations’ real impact on the climate
Most carbon emissions caused by businesses are hidden from sight.
Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded
Along the US coasts, many properties will lose access to essential services.
Two more dead as patients report horrifying details of eye drop outbreak
EzriCare and Delsam products have been recalled, but outbreak is expected to grow.
New value for W boson mass dims 2022 hints of physics beyond Standard Model
ATLAS result contradicts Fermilab's exciting hint of physics beyond Standard Model in 2022.
Climate change enables spread of flesh-eating bacteria in US coastal waters
Though the occurrence of infections is small, the mortality rate is as high as 18%.
