Science
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This Is the Fastest Random-Number Generator Ever Built
Researchers have built the fastest random-number generator ever made, using a simple laser. It exploits fluctuations in the intensity of…
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Stunning Astronomy Photos Look Like They’re Shot from Space
Yes, NASA takes great photos of the stars, galaxies and gas clouds throughout the universe. But the agency has telescopes…
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An Urgent Call for a New Relationship with Nature
In a speech given at Columbia University last December, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said, “Humanity is waging war…
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The World Finally Started Cutting Climate Pollution. Now It Needs To Multiply That By 10.
Before COVID-19, many countries started slashing emissions, but those reductions require a tenfold increase to keep warming in a relatively…
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Energy Companies Reluctantly Embrace Carbon Pricing
Carbon capture and storage, green hydrogen, and massive deployments of wind and solar energy. Oil and gas industry leaders say…
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Science and Society Are Failing Children in the COVID Era
The long-anticipated CDC guidance on schools was released on February 12. This is the latest event in what has been,…
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Teens And Other Volunteers Help Seniors Find Scarce COVID Shots
Waking up at the crack of dawn. Dialing the same busy phone line for hours on end. Clicking through confusing…
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Does this Make Sense? Gasoline Delivered to Your Car
Some California drivers no longer go to the gas station—and it’s not because they drive electric cars. Gasoline increasingly is…
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It’s a Myth That Asian-Americans Are Doing Well in the Pandemic
Like many low-wage restaurant workers in Boston, Su Hua Mei and her husband lost their jobs last spring as the…
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Biden Must Take Immediate Action to Reduce the Risk of Nuclear War
When Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president on January 20, he inherited major crises, including a…
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