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(Don't) Fly Me to the Moon

WAS IT A CONSPIRACY? NOPE. BUT NO-MOONIES ARE SKEPTICAL ANYWAY.

Ready, Set, Eclipse!

AN OBSERVER'S GUIDE TO THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8, 2024

Envisioning the Future

Albert Robida had a fun but clear-eyed view of the future. Writing and illustrating at the end of the 1800s, he imagined what the year 2000 would look like. Who could picture the world more than a century in the future?

Do You Really Want a Flying Car?

Close your eyes and imagine the future. Are flying cars whizzing through the air?

No Flights of Fancy

Animal-inspired innovations for airplanes

Balloons on a Mission

When scientists need to do research at the very edge of space, they skip the rocket ship and send a balloon instead.

Are plants aware of themselves?

Sure, scientists noticed one of my special skills. But most people are still overlooking my epic poetry.

THE TROUBLE WITH TRANSPORTERS

Quantum teleportation has been achieved. But can it work for people?

The QUEST for QUIET, QUICK PLANES

Supersonic Flight Could Be Making a Comeback

THE FORMULA FOR FLYING

Want to fly? Then you must balance these four forces.

PTERO-SOAR

Tomorrow's High-Tech Aircraft May Use Secrets From the Days of the Dinosaurs!

PLANES Made of PLANTS

Scientists are looking for creative ways to reduce airplanes' carbon footprints by making them fly more efficiently and developing sustainable fuels. But what about the materials in the planes themselves?

SUSTAINABLE AVIATION EXPERT

REDUCING AIRPLANES' CARBON EMISSIONS

TAKING OFF TOWARD A GREENER FUTURE

Efforts to make flying sustainable

When a Volcano Screams

Methods to the madness of monitoring volcanoes

Big Blasts From the Past

Volcanic eruptions that changed history, science, and our world

Deadly Lakes

WHAT ARE LIMNIC ERUPTIONS?

Diamonds BURIED HERE

STRANGE-LOOKING A PLANT TELLS PROSPECTORS WHERE TO DIG.

IO'S ON FIRE

Volcanoes in Our Solar System and Beyond

TRICIA NADEAU

Coolest job ever. No, make that the hottest job ever. As a volcanologist, Tricia Nadeau has a front-row seat to erupting volcanoes.

THE MAGMA HAMMER STRIKES

Tonga's Recent Massive Underwater Eruption

The Curious Case of the Missing Valcano

A MASSIVE VOLCANO CAN'T JUST VANISH. OR CAN IT?

Abigail Adams

With her upbeat attitude and many accomplishments, Abigail Adams motivates people to respect those with intellectual disabilities.

WOULD YOU UPLOAD YOUR MIND INTO A COMPUTER?

AS FAR AS SCIENCE CAN TELL, THE BRAIN CREATES YOUR SENSE OF SELF.

HOW DOWN SYNDROME MAKES A BRAIN Beautifully DIFFERENT

Seeing people for their abilities, not their diagnoses

Quit Paying Attention!

A REGULAR DOSE OF DAYDREAMING COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN.

Remember..... and Forget

THE SCIENCE OF MEMORY

NICHO HATSOPOULOS

Nicho Hatsopoulos develops systems that allow people to control computers and robots with just their thoughts.

Decoding the Brain

STEPS TO UNDERSTANDING BRAIN ACTIVITY AND HOW THE MIND WORKS

IS MIND READING POSSIBLE?

Using Neuroscience to Uncover Thoughts