Scientists spy on Mount Etna with fiber-optic cables
Researchers detect volcanic activity by watching how light moves through a cable.
Science // Science & Exploration
Could high-flying kites power your home?
Companies are betting on computer-controlled, airborne wind energy for future power.
The painfully simple reason Hong Kong saw one of the highest COVID death rates
The most vulnerable weren't vaccinated.
Archaeologists unearth ancient Sumerian riverboat in Iraq
The bitumen-coated boat once plied the waterways around one of the world’s first cities.
Dragon launches, carrying four private citizens to the space station [Updated]
Crew expected to dock with the ISS on Saturday for an eight-day mission.
Rocket Report: NASA buys a SpinLaunch, Space Force brass visits Starbase
"It’s an amazing facility that gives you a lot of ideas of what the future could be."
A tsunami wiped out ancient communities in the Atacama Desert 3,800 years ago
Life in the Atacama took 2,000 years to return to normal.
After maskless schmoozing, DC elite hit with COVID outbreak
Several events have been linked to the outbreak as people let their guard down.
Big triceratops was healing a hole in its head
Gap in its large head plate may have come from combat with a fellow triceratops.
Higher W boson mass hints at chinks in Standard Model’s armor
It's big news if this holds up to scrutiny, but other physicists advise "immense caution."
We’ve been watching a failed star turn into a giant planet
Gas giants can form far from their stars without a rocky intermediate stage.
Doctors fish out more than a dozen tiny maggots from man’s eye
Here's what happens when sheep bot fly larvae sink their mouth hooks into your eyeball.
Try your hand at Quantum Go Fish
"A cross between a logic puzzle, an improv comedy session, and a collective hallucination."
Hate math? You’ll still love this cornucopia of simple-yet-seductive math games
Ars chats with Ben Orlin about his new book, Math Games with Bad Drawings.
It’s not just Glen Canyon—dams around the Southwest are taking a hit
Hydro power is decreasing as climate change hangs the Southwestern US out to dry.
