Hantavirus outbreak occurs at sea, microplastics may contribute to warming, and Alaska landslide sparks tsunami
A deadly hantavirus outbreak occurs on a cruise ship, scientists warn that microplastics may be contributing to climate warming, and a retreating-glacier‑triggered landslide unleashed a massive Alaska tsunami
‘Wolverine’ stack, ‘peptide parties,’ ‘biohacking’: Is the peptide craze backed by science?
As peptide “stacking” takes over social media feeds, we separate the science from the hype of the Internet’s latest wellness obsession
What happens when you let AI agents run an entire start-up
Journalist Evan Ratliff explores what happens when AI agents are given real autonomy to build and run a start‑up from scratch
Scorpion stingers with metals, preeclampsia hope, more cuts to U.S. wind energy
A look at what makes scorpions so deadly, why there’s hope for preeclampsia and how President Trump is gutting wind energy
Inside the ibogaine rush: How psychedelic therapy is going mainstream
Tracing how psychedelics have undergone a revival in the U.S. and what the White House’s new psychedelic push means for research
How Star Trek, Missy Elliott and queer theory help explain the deepest questions in physics
A physicist explores how poetry, pop culture and imagination help us understand spacetime and our place in the universe
Organic molecules on Mars, good news about suicide hotline, the AI voice clone advantage
What NASA’s Curiosity Rover found on Mars, how youth suicides dropped after the launch of the 988 crisis line, and what people think of AI voice clones
The global wildlife trade may be spreading diseases faster than ever
New research shows the global wildlife trade is rapidly accelerating the spread of animal pathogens that can jump to humans
Amid climate doom, here’s an Earth Day reminder about spectacular environmental wins
This Earth Day three environmental experts share stories about times when environmental action succeeded in saving the planet—and explain why this can be done again
‘Cocaine hippos,’ faster aging with HIV and the hidden dangers of inflammation
“Cocaine hippos,” underground bees, and fresh insights into aging and heart health
The dinosaurs at your window: How birds survived the asteroid that killed all other dinosaurs
How a few unique traits helped modern-style birds—the last living dinosaurs—survive the asteroid apocalypse that took out T. rex and other mighty beasts
The fans who went from collecting Pokémon to studying bugs and fossils
As Pokémon turns 30, we take a look at how the beloved Japanese kids’ franchise was inspired by—and has shaped—real-world science