By Ben Coxworth – The disposable patch gathers genetic material containing both plant DNA, and the DNA of disease-causing organisms. (Credit: NC State University). When farmers find sickly plants in their crops, it’s important that they find out which malady is responsible, as quickly as possible. …
By Michael Irving – Comet Wirtanen, which buzzed Earth in December 2018, has been found to harbor “ocean-like” water. (Credit: NASA). Earth is a famously wet planet, but where all that water came from in the first place remains a mystery. The most …
Released in the same year as The Wild Bunch and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Henry Hathaway’s western was defiantly old-fashioned in comparison. By Scott Tobias – Kim Darby and John Wayne in True Grit. Wayne called Marguerite Roberts’ script the best …
By Loz Blain – The back end of the Citroen 19_19 concept looks badass. (Credit: Citroen). Is there a Minority Report sequel coming out that we’re unaware of? If so, this concept Citroen’s put together for the VivaTech Paris expo will fit …
By Darren Quick – Photographer Micky Wiswedel snapped climber Jamie Smith airborne above Cape Town to win the “Wings ” category of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest in 2016. (Credit: Micky Wiswedel/Red Bull Illume). Not so long ago, most photographers had to be selective …
By Rich Haridy – These were shot using a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone. (Credit: Paolo Pettigiani). Italian photographer Paolo Pettigiani has been experimenting with capturing the infrared spectrum of light for several years, most notably turning New York’s Central Park into …
By Rich Haridy – Research suggests the fertilizer industry’s methane emissions is three times higher than the EPA assumed was emitted by all industrial production in the United States. (Credit: BespaliyA/Depositphotos). A disturbing new study from researchers at Cornell University and the …
By Ben Coxworth – A preproduction EVE r3, on display at ICRA 2019. (Credit: Ben Coxworth/New Atlas). You might think that most new robots are designed to head off into factories or other workplaces, but the fact is that many of them are …
The controversial herbicide is everywhere, apparently. By Robby Berman – U.S. PIRG tested 20 beers and wines, including organics, and found Roundup’s active ingredient in almost all of them. A jury on August 2018 awarded a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma victim $289 million in Roundup …
The owner’s personality was the most important factor in examining the stress-hormone relationship between pet and owner. By Stephen Johnson – A new study found that dogs and their owners show similar levels of the stress hormone cortisol over time. The dog-owner cortisol …
