Articles by

Chris Baraniuk

Why an Offline Nuclear Reactor Led to Thousands of Hospital Appointments Being Canceled

Sliding gingerly into the pipe like a worm exploring its lair, the endoscopic camera found its target....

Bird Flu Fears Stoke the Race for an mRNA Flu Vaccine

Unsettling news emerged from Missouri in late September. Six health care workers in the state developed mild...

Scientists Crack a 50-Year Mystery to Discover a New Set of Blood Groups

By the time Louise Tilley got to the blood sample, it had already been puzzling scientists for...

The Cost of Lightning

It was the terrible prospect of lightning one day striking the historic windmill that troubled Andrew Farrell....

Ski Resorts Are Stockpiling Snow to Get Through Warm Winters

It’s time to check on the snow pile. In mid-August, Marko Mustonen, commercial director of Levi ski...

Extreme Weather Poses a Challenge for Heat Pumps

Andreas Bangheri knows how to read the wind. He’s been hang gliding and piloting small aircraft around...

Cutting-Edge Technology Could Massively Reduce the Amount of Energy Used for Air Conditioning

The Chinese bus company couldn’t work it out. Some days when its buses merely crawled along Shanghai’s...

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

They couldn’t sleep. A hurricane was lashing their brand-new house with a torrent of wind and rain....