This Doctor Pioneered Counting Calories a Century Ago, and We’re Still Dealing With the Consequences
When Lulu Hunt Peters brought Americans a new method for weighing their dinner options, she launched a century of diet fads that left us hungry for a better way to keep our bodies strong and healthy
University Students in Hawaii Use Cutting-Edge Technology to Digitally Restore Historic Buildings Damaged by Maui Wildfires
A new course at University of Hawaii at Manoa rethinks historic preservation, having enrollees design digital twins of notable structures so that people can experience them virtually
How Engineers Created a Flying ‘Star Wars’ X-Wing
The starfighter-outfitted drone was the first remotely piloted aircraft of its kind and size approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for public demonstration
The Contentious History of the Pop-Tart
In the 1960s, two cereal giants raced to develop a toaster pastry
How Artificial Intelligence Is Making 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls Readable Again
The innovative “Vesuvius Challenge” unlocked a mystery that had confounded archeologists for centuries
Is Geothermal Power Heating Up as an Energy Source?
Long confined to regions with volcanic activity, the method of harnessing energy from the Earth promises to become much more versatile thanks to new technologies
To Help the Allied War Effort, These Scientists Got Drunk on Nitrogen
During World War II, British researchers conducted tests on themselves to gauge how submariners’ brains would function at extreme depths
From the JogBra to Gatorade to Breakaway Basketball Rims, Sports Are a Field for Invention
A new exhibition at the National Museum of American History aims to inspire the next generation of innovators
Endangered Woodpeckers Find a New Home on a Military Training Ground
The red-cockaded woodpecker has lost nearly all of its habitat in the southeastern United States, but an Air Force range in Florida is part of an emerging initiative to relocate besieged species on protected land
Stressed About Taxes? Blame the Ancient Egyptians
The civilization developed the world’s first known tax system around 3000 B.C.E.
How Ben Franklin Invented the Library as We Know It
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea
An American-Made Sake Movement Is Underway
In the last decade, a truly homegrown effort has bubbled up in the United States
This Is the Gear You Need to View the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Protect your eyesight with eclipse glasses, binoculars, telescopes or lens filters
Five Programs Paving the Way for Gender Equality Worldwide
Around the globe, teams of women are taking on traditionally male-dominated roles
Las Vegas Is Going All In on Its Water Conservation Plan
As the Southwest dries, can a city notorious for excess find a way to survive with less?
This High Schooler Invented an A.I.-Powered Trap That Zaps Invasive Lanternflies
Using solar power, machine learning and her family’s patio umbrella, 18-year-old Selina Zhang created a synthetic tree that lures the destructive species
How a Microbe From Yellowstone’s Hot Springs Could Help Feed the World
A Chicago startup has turned a fungus found by NASA into a protein-packed food
Can 3D Printing Help Address the Affordable Housing Crisis in the United States?
The construction is faster, cleaner and more affordable, but experts acknowledge some trial and error is needed
This App Lets Inuit Combine Traditional Knowledge With Scientific Data
Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland are harnessing information to make their own decisions
Recovering the Lost Aviators of World War II
Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home
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