Can Scientists Save the World from an Apocalyptic Asteroid Strike?
Sooner or later a doomsday asteroid will wipe out most life on Earth—unless, that is, we prevent threatening space rocks from hitting us in the first place
Debate Linguistics Reveals the Politics at Play in the 2024 Election
Math Puzzle: Trace the Entire Flag
How the Next President Will Determine the Future of AI
Science Quiz: Tiny Black Holes and Giant Infestations
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Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling
How Hurricane Helene Is Disrupting Voting Access
Hurricane Helene Signals the End of the ‘Climate Haven’
Astronomers Spot a ‘Super-Mars’ Exoplanet around Barnard’s Star
Why Is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon?
New Treatments Address Addiction alongside Trauma
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Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles
Science inspired games, puzzles and quizzes
Understanding Suzetrigine, a New Drug That Treats Pain at the Periphery
Is Math Part of Nature or an Invention of the Mind?
People with PCOS Face Increased Eating Disorder Risks
Evidence of ‘Negative Time’ Found in Quantum Physics Experiment
Physicists showed that photons can seem to exit a material before entering it, revealing observational evidence of negative time
A One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay Hints at Hidden Physics
Physicists have detected a long-sought particle process that may suggest new forces and particles exist in the universe
Why Appalachia Flooded So Severely from Helene’s Remnants
Inland flooding from tropical cyclones, even at high altitudes, is a major worry—and one that scientists don’t know enough about
Buy Experiences instead of Possessions to Build Social Connection
Shared experiences, more than material things, bring people together
Hurricane Helene Survivors Face a Second Disaster: Few Have Flood Insurance
Only 2 percent of households in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Hurricane Helene can get insurance payments
Conservative Project 2025 Would Leave Hurricane Helene Survivors with Little Aid
The conservative Project 2025 playbook for a possible Trump presidency calls for cutting aid for disasters such as Hurricane Helene
