Bon voyage Boeing 747: An aircraft that really did change everything
It quickly made global air travel more affordable than it had ever been, fulfilling Trippe’s vision of a world where plumbers and schoolteachers, not...
Tales from the crypt: Mummified crocodiles emerge from an Egyptian...
The mummies were among 10 adult crocodiles, likely from two different species, the remains of which were unearthed recently from a tomb at Qubbat...
Sentience challenges AI: Actually insipid until actively insidious
When AI hurtles into adulthood and isn’t so artificial anymore, we’ll be relegated to being the family pets, as a resigned Steve Wozniak put it.
Rare island bunnies do a parasitic plant’s bidding
While scientists had long figured that B. yuwanensis relied on the wind to spread its seeds, dense plants growing beneath the tree canopy cut down on...
Empire unravels: UK’s cautionary tale of self-destruction
Great Britain has long since formally relinquished its dreams of world domination, but the implied bargain of imperial retreat was something like a...
In memoriam: K Alex Muller, innovator in ceramic superconductors
In the decades that followed, scientists made incremental progress at discovering materials that became super-conductive at higher temperatures.
Sleight of evolution: Unlocking genes that turned whales into giants
The first whales were the size of wolves and sea lions, a far cry from the submarine-size behemoths that swim the seas today.
David Crosby, a folk-rock voice that spanned decades
Crosby’s image as the twinkle-eyed stoner and sardonic hedonist of the cosmic age was said to have been a model for the obstinate free spirit played...
