Rainfall Buries a Mega-Airport in Mexico

New Mexico City International Airport was canceled when only half built, and has since been flooded and restored into wetlands. [...]

New report warns of critical climate risks in Arab region

Foundations of daily life are being pushed to the brink by human-caused warming. [...]

Meet the Palestinian Teens Trying to Win Robotics Gold

Next week, five teens from Palestine will head to Panama to compete in one of the world’s largest youth robotics competitions. The goal? To win—and then teach STEM to their peers displaced by the [...]

How Google’s Geospatial Reasoning Can Transform Crisis and Climate Response

Google’s latest advancements in geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming how we interact with spatial data. By integrating generative AI with specialized geospatial models, Google ha [...]

Can’t Wrap Your Head Around Pi? Here’s a Cool Visual to Help

Pi is an irrational number, and like some irrational people it just goes on and on. What is it with this crazy, crucial number? [...]

Rocket Report: ULA confirms cause of booster anomaly; Crew-10 launch on tap

The head of Poland's space agency was fired over a bungled response to SpaceX debris falling over Polish territory. [...]

Outbreak turns 30

Ars chats with epidemiologist Tara Smith about the film's scientific accuracy and impact over 3 decades. [...]

Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate

A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees. [...]

The 10 best sleep apps and gadgets for a better night's sleep in 2026

Tech has a bad (and deserved) reputation as a sleep killer. Blue light, incessant scrolling and information onslaught conspire to keep us on edge and exiled from dreamland. But a few gadgets and apps [...]