We were gaining three IQ points per decade for many, many years. Now, that’s going backward. Could this explain some of our choices lately?

New technique can rapidly turn genes on and off, helping scientists better understand their function.

We live an average of 71 years—a drop in the bucket compared with some of nature’s life spans.

It will soon be as easy to produce convincing fake video as it is to lie. We need to be prepared.

And it’s only getting easier for them.

Can you imagine seeing a Van Gogh painting sitting right off the freeway on your morning commute or aerial ride? One field in Eagan, Minnesota got exactly this when the 67-year-old artist, Stan Herd, transformed it into Van Gogh’s 1889 “Olive Trees.” Herd has been doing similar types of artworks or ‘earthworks’ since 1981. “I realized in my late 20’s that to create my monumental earthworks, beyond the design and actual creation of the work, I had to develop skills in public relations, communications, media relations, logistics, and fund raising,” said Herd on his website. His most recent project took.

Launched in 1962, the Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) can sink itself on purpose and withstand heavy seas in a vertical position.

And China might develop it—and soon.

By Sebastien Roblin

The Thunder Child can right itself even in the harshest storms.