TIME science news

1. We Still Don’t Fully Understand Time

   We can measure time but there are all kinds of time that we still can't really fathom.

2. How to Monitor and Stay Safe in Extreme Heat, Using the CDC’s New HeatRisk Tool

   More Americans die from heat than any other weather-related hazards. That’s why the CDC and NWS have rolled out tools to help people prepare for dangerous heat.

3. Can You Eat Cicadas? Yes, and Here’s How to Catch, Clean, and Cook Them

   Here’s how to catch, clean, and cook cicadas.

4. Two Endangered Ferrets Cloned From Genes of Critter Frozen in 1980s

   Black-footed ferrets are now a conservation success story — after being all but wiped out in the wild, thousands of them have been bred in captivity and reintroduced at dozens of sites in the western U.S., Canada and Mexico since the 1990s.

5. An Animated Guide to the Rare 2024 Cicada Co-Emergence 

   It will be the first time since 1803—when Thomas Jefferson was President—that these particular broods simultaneously emerge.