Science

Chart Sources: Meadows, D.H., Meadows, D.L., Randers, J. and Behrens III, W.W. (1972)

Looking Back on the Limits of Growth

Forty years after the release of the groundbreaking study, were the concerns about overpopulation and the environment correct?

“Closer Than We Think”, May 11, 1958

Before the Jetsons, Arthur Radebaugh Illustrated the Future

In the 1950s and '60s, the newspaper cartoonist dreamed up a madcap American utopia, filled with flying cars and fantastical skyscrapers

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How to Become the Engineers of Our Own Evolution

The "transhumanist" movement says better technology will enable you to replace more and more body parts—even your brain

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Bruce McCall Illustrates the Future That Wasn't

According to past predictions, we should be living in an era of flying cars and other marvels. But be glad that some advances haven't happened

The cover illustration of the Book Le Vingtieme Siecle by Albert Robida, depicts futuristic means of transport flying above a city.

The Origins of Futurism

The celebrated science fiction writer and author of Tomorrow Now, explains why you don't need to be clairvoyant to predict the future

Titanoboa, pictured with a dyrosaur and a turtle, ruled the swampy South American tropics 58 million years ago.

How Titanoboa, the 40-Foot-Long Snake, Was Found

In Colombia, the fossil of a gargantuan snake has stunned scientists, forcing them to rethink the nature of prehistoric life

A selection of a new image of distant galaxies in the COSMOS field. Click to see the whole view.

Picture of the Week: A Deep View of the Universe

A new survey of a slice of the distant reaches of the universe reveals 200,000 galaxies

My Allosaurus ink

Allosaurus Ink

When I decided to get my first science tattoo, the choice was clear—it had to be Allosaurus

Will computer servers like these be the reporters of tomorrow?

Is the Future of Journalism Computerized?

New artificial intelligence programs can analyze data sets to produce news articles that mimic the human voice

A partial Tenontosaurus skeleton on display at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana.

How Tenontosaurus Grew Up

The distinct plumes of water and other organic compounds on Saturn's moon Enceladus.

NASA Spacecraft Samples a Snowing Moon

Saturn's Enceladus is spurting water vapor, organic material and salt—a microbe-friendly composition

A replica of one of the Peking Man skulls

Mystery of the Lost Peking Man Fossils Solved?

A new investigation of the famous fossils that went missing during World War II suggests that the bones may be buried beneath a parking lot in China

The head of Tyrannosaurus at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum.

Las Vegas’ Truly Terrible Dinosaurs

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The Camera That Can See Around Walls

A new device uses laser pulses to create 3-D images of areas beyond its line of sight

A trio of Pittsburgh dinosaurs - from the left, Philiposaurus, Ketchupsaurus, Mr. Dig

Dinosaur Sighting: Ketchupsaurus and Company

Eight years ago, 100 decorative dinosaurs roamed Pittsburgh, and some of them are still in town

Although chimpanzees usually walk on all fours, sometimes they walk on two legs. New research suggests chimps walk bipedally to carry valuable resources, which might explain why bipedalism evolved in hominids.

What Chimps Could Tell Us About How Humans Started Walking on Two Legs

A new study of chimpanzees suggests that early hominids evolved upright, two-legged walking to carry valuable resources away from competitors

The Mollusc Militia is Coming

I have glimpsed the future. And it is teeming with creepy crawly cyborgs

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The Sawfish is a Great Slasher

This ray uses its toothed rostrum not only to detect its next meal, but also to attack and impale its prey

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Symphony of Dinosaurs

A new video brings you a dinosaur documentary mash-up set to techno beats

A reconstruction of Corythosaurus at the Royal Ontario Museum

The Case of the Headless Hadrosaur

After nearly a century, a mystery is solved and a skull has been matched to its skeleton

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