Science & Technology

Scientists have begun experimenting with putting data onto nature’s original hard drive

Research briefs

Someday there might be a 3D printer ready to print dinner

A twenty-three-million-year-old leaf, retrieved from a lakebed in New Zealand, is shedding light on our planet’s climate history

Research suggests that the gap between rich and poor has not grown as much as is commonly believed

Bringing animated characters to life requires the guidance of some good mathematicians

African elephants are being wiped out by poachers

Research briefs

Solar cells can be manufactured at a lower cost using crystals called perovskites instead of silicon

Scientists are getting clearer picture of the ecological impact of the 19th-century whaling industry

Wildfires have been consuming forests in the western US at a devastating pace

Can a Columbia-led expedition to South America uncover the forces that drive one of its largest volcanoes?