People who live near wind turbines prefer them to solar and fossil plants
The preference for wind is strong even in coal-producing states.
Science // Science & Exploration
Report: Carbon-capture group gets some serious lobbying muscle
The alleged alliance brings climate action to a group that fought the Clean Power Plan.
Don’t believe the hype: We may never know the identity of Jack the Ripper
Controversial new DNA forensics study is just the latest claim to ID infamous killer.
Hayabusa2 finds that its destination is also a very dark rubble pile
It's a great day for asteroid fans as two missions report in.
At Bennu, NASA finds a mysterious, boulder-strewn asteroid
Overall, the asteroid is very dark, but it has some distinctly brighter areas.
Thunderstorm with eye-popping 720GJ of energy
Measured muon flux indicates thunderstorm reached a potential of 1.4GV.
Figuring out how an odd, gutless worm regrows its head (or tail)
We've got the genome of the closest living relative to bilaterians.
Apple Watch accurately spotted heart condition 34% of the time in study
The study doesn’t use the latest watch and is unpublished and not peer-reviewed.
SpaceX may begin testing its Starship spacecraft this week
"Starship needs to be ready to fly again immediately after landing."
D-Wave 2000Q hands-on: Steep learning curve for quantum computing
Reconceptualizing a problem is the hard part, but the end is rewarding.
This medieval astrolabe is officially world’s oldest known such instrument
Mariners used the instruments to navigate by the stars while at sea.
Behind the Curve a fascinating study of reality-challenged beliefs
The documentary tracks how people form and maintain bizarre beliefs.
New documentary has a good time asking how gene editing might change the world
Executive produced by Dan Rather; with guest spots from Putin, Jurassic Park.
500 million years of climate history pinned on plate tectonics
My plate tectonic collisions bring all the glaciers to the yard.
MIT scientists: Heat can act like sound wave when moving through pencil lead
Exotic "second sound" phenomenon could one day help cool future microelectronics.
