Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball, imperiling NASA moon missions
The latest flight of the New Glenn rocket was meant to prepare Blue Origin for a series of NASA-funded lunar voyages. Instead it ended before it began
Europe’s deadly spring heat wave is obliterating temperature records
What’s the biggest galaxy in the universe?
Today’s Killer Sudoku
Science Quiz: What can’t a computer do?
New powerful GLP-1 drugs drop a lot of weight fast. How does that affect health?
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants
Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment
What’s a quantum computer good for, anyway?
NASA’s Artemis era may finally solve three major moon mysteries
Create as many words as you can!
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.
Can peanut allergies be cured?
How much vitamin D do you need to stay healthy?
These cancers were beyond treatment—but might not be anymore
A new book debunks the myth of human selfishness—and makes the case for an ‘ecocivilization’
This researcher made up a disease to test AI. It failed miserably
Putting a nuclear reactor on the moon: big promise, bigger challenges
Hantavirus outbreak has new updates, PCOS is now PMOS, fish hides in another animal’s ‘butthole’
Are the roots of consciousness hidden in the ancient deep brain?
Some neuroscientists argue that the roots of experience lie deep inside the brain. If they’re right, the consciousness club will get a lot bigger
What happens when galaxies collide?
Our galaxy and its nearest large companion, Andromeda, may be headed for a collision on a cosmic scale. What happens then?
Gigantic, ancient black hole threatens to upend cosmic history
Debate still swirls around the nature of “little red dots,” black holes glimpsed in the early universe by the James Webb Space Telescope. A controversial new weigh-in may settle the matter
Tiny alienlike blue octopus discovered lurking off the Galápagos Islands
This teensy creature was discovered along a deep-sea mountain
Why some mathematical theorems will always be unprovable
A statement can be true or false. But as Kurt Gödel demonstrated, there will always be mathematical assumptions that can neither be proven nor disproven
AI keeps inventing fake cases. Lawyers keep citing them
The trend of attorneys getting caught citing AI-hallucinated cases points to a broader problem: instead of checking AI’s work, people keep trusting it
