Science

Here’s what could happen if asteroid Bennu smashes into Earth in 157 years

Here’s what could happen if asteroid Bennu smashes into Earth in 157 years

Albert Wagner

Scientists have revealed what would actually happen to our planet if an asteroid the size of One World Trade Center ...

Coal emissions cost India millions in crop damages

Coal emissions cost India millions in crop damages

Albert Wagner

In many parts of India, a single noxious pollutant from coal-fired power stations drags down annual wheat and rice yields ...

White House walks back funding freeze after a day of confusion

White House walks back funding freeze after a day of confusion

Albert Wagner

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is walking back the federal funding freeze memo that set off ...

Can anyone stop President Musk?

Can anyone stop President Musk?

Albert Wagner

Elon Musk has an uncanny ability to sort out which of America’s rules are real. It turns out punishment from ...

These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the Baltic Sea

These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the Baltic Sea

Albert Wagner

When I spoke with Guldin in December, after the first stage of the pilot had finished, he sketched a rough ...

Oil prices could fall after Trump tariffs spark initial energy price spike

Oil prices could fall after Trump tariffs spark initial energy price spike

Albert Wagner

Oil field, Alberta, Canada Norm Betts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices are likely to fall in the longer ...

Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago

Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago

Albert Wagner

Strange, flat patches on the teeth of ancient Europeans have puzzled archaeologists for centuries. But one researcher thinks he’s solved ...

Coal emissions cost India millions in crop damages

Life cycles of some insects adapt well to a changing climate: Others, not so much

Albert Wagner

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an “insect apocalypse,” biologists are desperate to determine how the ...

AI is ‘an energy hog,’ but DeepSeek could change that

AI is ‘an energy hog,’ but DeepSeek could change that

Albert Wagner

DeepSeek startled everyone last month with the claim that its AI model uses roughly one-tenth the amount of computing power ...

Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions

Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions

Albert Wagner

The optimal fuel route for Mars involves arriving when the two planets are roughly on opposite sides of the sun. ...