TechnologyApril 30, 2026
Scientists used AI to rewrite part of life’s alphabet
An engineered E. coli strain survived after one amino acid was designed out of many of its ribosomal proteins—an early test of whether life’s chemistry can be simplified
Scientific American
Climate ChangeApril 30, 2026
Scientists just discovered what is fueling cows’ potent burps
Public HealthApril 30, 2026
Trump ends MAHA activist and wellness influencer Casey Means’s bid for surgeon general
GalaxiesApril 30, 2026
Astronomers puzzle over early origins of mysterious ‘red monster’ galaxy
GamesMay 1, 2026
Today’s Spellements
May Issue: Your Heart in Flames. Read Now!
PsychedelicsMay 1, 2026
Inside the ibogaine rush: How psychedelic therapy is going mainstream
ArchaeologyMay 1, 2026
‘Spectacular’ Viking coin hoard is likely the largest in history
Climate ChangeApril 30, 2026
Scientists know how to phase out fossil fuels. Some countries are listening
AnimalsApril 30, 2026
A major humpback whale rescue effort is attempting to do something extraordinary
Issue
Heart disease
The hidden cause of heart disease is inflammation
Quantum Physics
How strange new ‘altermagnets’ could rewrite physics
Spacecraft
Space hotels are coming soon
Games
Spellements
Create as many words as you can!
Math Puzzles
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.
All Games
Science inspired games, puzzles and quizzes
Special Edition
Public Health
Can peanut allergies be cured?
Public Health
How much vitamin D do you need to stay healthy?
Pharmaceuticals
These cancers were beyond treatment—but might not be anymore
Podcasts
AnimalsApril 24, 2026
The global wildlife trade may be spreading diseases faster than ever
Climate ChangeApril 22, 2026
Amid climate doom, here’s an Earth Day reminder about spectacular environmental wins
Popular Stories
Particle PhysicsApril 30, 2026
What’s faster than light? Darkness
A recent experiment revealed that individual dark points on a light wave can move faster than the wave itself
GeneticsApril 30, 2026
Human genome decoder J. Craig Venter dies at age 79
Scientist and medical technology entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics
AnimalsApril 30, 2026
A major humpback whale rescue effort is attempting to do something extraordinary
Rescuers had called off the effort to save “Timmy,” a humpback whale that had stranded in the Baltic Sea last month. But now a last-ditch attempt to move the creature by barge is underway
AnimalsApril 28, 2026
City birds appear to be more afraid of women than men, and scientists have no idea why
“I fully believe our results, that urban birds react differently based on the sex of the person approaching them,” said a co-author of a study that made this finding, “but I can’t explain them right now”
MathematicsApril 28, 2026
The Simpsons reference that refutes one of history’s greatest mathematicians
In one famous episode of The Simpsons, Homer finds a counterexample to Fermat’s last theorem
MathematicsApril 24, 2026
An amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem—by asking AI
A ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses