Technology & Innovation

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Aerial photo of mountain where landslide occurred and foamy water below in the fjord.
Natural disasters like the one at Tracy Arm fjord, about 45 miles south of Juneau, could become more common as climate change alters frigid landscapes, according to researchers.
Person sleeping upright in a white bag in a space station, with a “zzz...” thought bubble and pink AirSpace logo.
How do people sleep in space? We talk to former astronaut Mike Massimino about his Space Shuttle slumber party experience and the unique challenges of catching Zs in zero-G. This episode originally aired in 2022.
An old shipwreck underwater.
Using a remotely operated vehicle, researchers are exploring a long-overlooked piece of Seattle’s maritime history.
A black and white photograph of four men in their mail delivery uniforms posing on motorized scooters.
This blog post highlights several unusual methods that the post office and contractors used, or considered using, to deliver the mail.
Man in protective gear crouched next to materials and a rock wall.
Many of the country’s metal mines are embedded in an ancient rock formation that probably also houses a lot of the resource, referred to as “white hydrogen."
the feet of a person standing on a scale with a measuring tape on the floor.
Participants who were overweight or living with obesity wore the accessories for two hours every morning for six weeks and lost an average of two pounds. The researchers suspect showering or swimming in frigid water could have similar effects.
A four box sequence showing a chick from embryo transfer to artificial egg to hatching.
Colossal Biosciences announced that 26 live baby chickens have emerged from 3D-printed honeycomb structures. But the company does not plan to detail the system in a paper, and its mission has faced criticism.
A view of a pregnant woman's stomach from the side with her hands visible holding a bowl of fruit including pomegranate.
In a new study, 3-year-olds who were repeatedly exposed to the taste of bitter kale as fetuses appeared to be less averse to the leafy greens’ scent than they were to a food smell they hadn’t experienced in utero.