Science

The Great Salt Lake Emitted More Than 4 Million Tons of Greenhouse Gasses In 1 Year

The Great Salt Lake is drying out, and emitting more carbon dioxide, because of human activity.

With Starliner Astronauts Stuck Indefinitely, The ISS Might Tie A 15-Year-Old Spaceflight Record

If the Boeing Starliner test crew stays in space for much longer, the space lab will get really crowded.

Olympic Limits

Athletes are more skilled, stronger, and faster than ever. For the Olympic Games Paris 2024, as records fall left and right, you’d be right to ask — just what are the physical limits of athletes, what are those high-tech shoes they’re wearing, and how do they do that? With a little help from the experts, Inverse is here to answer and guide you through how the athletes got here — and where the future might take us.

Inside the Science That Makes Nike's Alphafly 3 the Fastest Shoe At the Paris 2024 Olympics

Inverse got an inside look at Nike’s Alphafly 3, currently the world’s speediest marathon shoe.

An Infectious Disease Doctor Reveals the Only Covid-19 Factor Everyone Should Track In 2024

Focus on the genetic clusters rather than each individual variant.

Astronomers Were Looking for a Planet, but They Didn't Expect This One

The Epsilon Indi star system is already pretty weird, but this surprising new planet just made it even weirder.

These Researchers Cooked Like Neanderthals for Science

Cooking with a flint flake isn’t as easy at Neanderthals make it look.

Olympic Surfing Requires a Perfect Wave — This 58-Year-Old Tech Can Bring It

Want better surfing at the Olympics? Bring on the wave machine.

Evidence of Alien Life May Lie on the Surface of Europa and Enceladus, A New Study Reveals

Chemicals that hint at the presence of life, like amino acids, aren't destroyed by cosmic radiation nearly as quickly as we thought, and that's good news.

5 Facts ‘Twisters’ Got Right About Tornadoes

The latest meteorological blockbuster left these tornado experts impressed.