Maddie Stone
Astronauts Are Growing Microbes in Space to Help Us Mine Asteroids
Scientists think that bacteria can help make space mining much easier.
Arctic Ice Is Crashing, and That’s Bad News For Everyone
'This fits in exactly with our expectations of long-term climate change.'
The Dominant Life Form in the Cosmos Is Probably Superintelligent Robots
The NASA scientists, philosophers, and futurists who believe that the aliens we meet most likely won't be a life form at all.
This New Telescope Lens Filter Will Help Astronomers Find Hidden Worlds
And it may help kickstart the hunt for a second Earth.
What Happens When We Upload Our Minds?
The technology to transfer our brains to computers is coming. But will our digital copies actually be us?
First-Ever Protein Maps Will Help Scientists Understand What Makes Cells Healthy
Visualizing our cellular ecosystem could be a major step forward for disease.
There's New Evidence for an Alternate Theory of the Origin of Life
How the building blocks of life helped build each other.
On Mars, a Brilliant Blue Aurora Colors the Night Sky
Mars may be a long way from home, but its aurora offers a touch of Earth.
'The Water Knife' Pictures a Drought-Ravaged Future That Cuts Too Close to Home
And it has a lot to teach us about the present.
The Inflatable Plane That Would Float Like a Leaf Through Venus’s Atmosphere
And help us decide whether we want to build a cloud city.
The Plan to Hunt for Alien Life on the Most Promising Moon in the Solar System
If Enceladus has life, we will find it.