Earth & Climate
Inside Iceland’s New Age of Eruptions
Since 2021, the Reykjanes Peninsula has erupted again and again. Geologists explain why.
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Author
Owen Hale
Owen is a geologist who has stood a safe distance from four erupting volcanoes and one very angry glacier.
Tech
How AI Language Models Learn, in Plain English
Predicting the next word, billions of times.
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Earth & Climate
Coral Reefs Cover Less Than 1% of the Ocean — and Shelter a Quarter of Its Life
Why reefs matter and how scientists are helping them recover.
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Tech
Robots Are Running Experiments in Self-Driving Labs
Machines that mix, measure and decide what to try next.
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Earth & Climate
How Rainforests Make Their Own Rain
Trees breathe water into the sky — enough to shape the weather.
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Big Ideas
Quantum Computers, Without the Headache
Qubits, superposition and why they won’t replace your laptop.
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Earth & Climate
Lightning, Explained
Hotter than the surface of the Sun, and it strikes the Earth many times every second.
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Earth & Climate
What Glaciers Remember
Ice cores hold bubbles of ancient air — a time machine for climate.
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Earth & Climate
How Wind Turbines Turn Breeze Into Power
Blades, gearboxes and why bigger is better.
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