In all relationships, partners wish to feel that their partner respects and admires them. However, new research shows how a constant need for approval can lead to self-silencing.
David Moinina Sengeh argues that the 70% of the sub-Saharan African population who don’t have electricity shouldn’t have to put up with inferior solutions, and explains why he’s bullish about the microgrid.
Why earthquake engineer Tiziana Rossetto is building a 100-meter concrete flume in a lab in the UK; it might help protect us against the next big tsunami.
How do you build a real-world machine to test the most abstract of theories? Janna Levin talks with Rai Weiss, one of the original designers of LIGO, the four-kilometer-long sensors that have now twice detected the distant reverberations of two black holes crashing into one another.
Personal DNA testing machines are bringing lab-grade genetic science within reach of more people. A look at how a farmer is using DNA testing to cultivate the most elusive — and prized — of foods.