Science & Technology Reading Resources

Jul 05, 2022

How Wall Street Escaped the Crypto Meltdown

As cryptocurrency prices plunged and funds failed, strict rules on risky assets helped Wall Street companies sidestep the worst. Retail investors weren’t as lucky.

Jul 08, 2022

Even in Death, Internet Explorer Lives On in South Korea

Why a country known for blazing broadband and innovative devices remains tethered to a browser abandoned by most of the world long ago.
Jul 06, 2022

They Loved Volcanoes and Each Other

A new documentary examines the work and lives of the French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, helped mightily by their own magnificent footage.
Jul 07, 2022

Glacier Tragedy Shows Reach of Europe’s New Heat

CANAZEI, Italy — Days before a glacier in the Italian Dolomites broke off with the force of a collapsing skyscraper, crushing at least 10 hikers under an avalanche of ice, snow and rock, Carlo Budel heard water running under the ice.
Jul 07, 2022

A Whale Feeding Frenzy in Antarctica Signals a Conservation Success

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, fin whales in the Southern Ocean have rebounded and returned to their historic feeding grounds, according to a new survey.
Jun 10, 2022

How Superworms Make Styrofoam Into a Healthy Meal

By understanding the microbes that help large beetle larvae digest polystyrene, scientists hope to find a better disposal process for packing foam.
Apr 04, 2013

Chasing the Higgs

Two armies of physicists struggle to close in on the Higgs boson, the Great White Whale of modern science. This was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2014.
Apr 28, 2022

They’re All Good Dogs, and It Has Nothing to Do With Their Breed

Retrievers that don’t retrieve and Papillons that point are all possible because the genes that shape dog behavior predate modern breeding that focuses on appearance, researchers find.
Apr 29, 2022

The ‘Ultimate Bird’ Once Prowled the Seas of a Young Japan

Researchers described Annakacygna, a family of flightless ancient swans that were filter-feeders.

Apr 30, 2022

Can Elon Musk Make Twitter’s Numbers Work?

Financially speaking, the billionaire’s buyout of the social media network breaks all the usual rules.
Apr 07, 2022

‘Big John,’ a High-Profile Triceratops, Locked Horns With Its Own Kind, Study Suggests

A team of Italian scientists describe what they believe is a gaping scar from one of these ancient battles on the neck frill of the Triceratops.
Nov 01, 2018

How ‘Makers’ Make the Classroom More Inclusive

The maker movement started out flashy, bringing 3-D printers into classrooms around the world. Now, it’s about meeting student and community needs.

Nov 05, 2018

Why the Wilder Storms? It’s a ‘Loaded Dice’ Problem

Torrential rainfall lashed Japan in July. A cloudburst in August submerged entire villages in south India. In September, Hurricane Florence burst dams and lagoons, with coal ash and pig waste spilling into the waterways of North Carolina.
Nov 16, 2018

The Kilogram Is Dead. Long Live the Kilogram!

After a vote (and a century of research), the standard measure for mass is redefined, and the long reign of Le Grand K is ended.

Feb 05, 2019

The Hummingbird as Warrior: Evolution of a Fierce and Furious Beak

Winsomely captured in poems and song, the birds are yielding new secrets about their astounding beaks and penchant for violence.

Feb 12, 2019

In China, This Video Game Lets You Be a Tiger Mom or a Driven Dad

Mete out love and discipline. Set ambitious goals. Endure a teenager’s first dates. Fans say the game Chinese Parents is a surprisingly poignant exercise in role reversal.
Mar 14, 2019

Did Dietary Changes Bring Us ‘F’ Words? Study Tackles Complexities of Language’s Origins

Softer foods from agricultural lifestyles may have changed the human bite, making it easier to form certain sounds.
Apr 23, 2019

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From parasitic wasps to shark look-alikes, states have honored many distinctive creatures. Often, students were the driving force.
Nov 07, 2018

Watch Beatboxers Break It Down Inside an M.R.I. Scanner

Researchers got an inside look at beatboxers’ lips, mouths, and throats as they performed.
Apr 06, 2019

A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy

The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.
Mar 07, 2019

Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Once and Future King

Were you fascinated by dinosaurs when you were younger? Are you still fascinated? Do you have a favorite dinosaur?
Mar 19, 2019

Mercury Is in Retrograde. Don’t Be Alarmed.

Did you know that Mercury is in retrograde? From March 5 to March 28, as it typically does three times a year, Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, appears to move backward across the sky — from east to west rather than from west to east. Have you seen any negative effects in your life? Have you been more cautious about your actions? Or do you think fear or caution, based on astrological events, is nonsense?
Oct 21, 2018

Ice Surveys and Neckties at Dinner: Here’s Life at an Arctic Outpost

For the past 40 years, thanks to satellite measurements, scientists have known that sea ice coverage in the Arctic is shrinking. Global warming has reduced the extent of ice in the region in summer, when it is at its lowest, by nearly 13 percent a decade. That has led some researchers to predict that the Arctic could be ice-free in summers by the middle of the century.
Oct 03, 2019

3-D Printed Implant Gives Patches the Dachshund a New Skull

Last year, Patches the dachshund earned the nickname Little Unicorn after she developed a large tumor that jutted out of her forehead.
Mar 27, 2019

This Water Drop, It’s the Greatest Dancer

Try out a mini experiment testing the way water reacts to different types of surfaces. First, gather a few surfaces with varying textures — rough, smooth, grainy, oily, soft, hard or bumpy. You might use a desktop, a sheet of textured paper, an aluminum can or pavement.
Nov 28, 2018

This Is the Way the Paper Crumples

Try a mini-experiment. Take a sheet of paper, any shape or size, and crumple it. Unfold it and describe what you see. (If you don’t have a piece of paper on hand, watch this video.)
Sep 24, 2018

These Robots Run, Dance and Flip. But Are They a Business?

Would you want to own one of the robots? If so, which one? Do you think it could help you with various tasks — or would it mostly be just a cool thing to have?
Apr 02, 2019

Adaptive Video Game Controllers Open Worlds for Gamers With Disabilities

Do you like playing video games? Why? What’s your favorite game? Do you have a favorite game system or game controller?