
How to avoid getting cyclosporiasis—and why washing lettuce may not be enough
Case numbers of this parasite-caused illness have exploded in the last week. An expert explains how to try and stay safe

How to avoid getting cyclosporiasis—and why washing lettuce may not be enough
Case numbers of this parasite-caused illness have exploded in the last week. An expert explains how to try and stay safe
Can you hear a forest disappearing? Scientists are trying to find out
Mathematicians are closing in on the hidden order inside chaos
Prepare for dangerous air pollution in the Northeast, thanks to Minnesota and Canada wildfires
Today’s Spellements

Trump’s latest CDC chief pick commits to ‘never betray the science’ at Senate confirmation hearing
See the first x-rays of humans taken in space
Astronomers just accidentally spotted the faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth

U.S. science is in chaos
On our radar
Craig Venter
My childhood in science
When science is under siege, history offers a playbook
Atul Gawande
Dozens of countries are trying to lure U.S. scientists abroad—and it’s working
Inside U.S. labs at a moment of fear—and unexpected promise
What people get wrong about scientists
Create as many words as you can!
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.

Why we'll never live in space
The puzzle of the first black holes
What if we never find dark matter?
How viruses may reshape the body’s ‘soil’ to promote cancer growth
Learning from unexpected results: This neuroscientist is redefining how the brain learns
How Erini Lambrides went from seeking theater stardom to studying the stars at NASA
Disclosure Day raises a big question: How do you talk to aliens?

Meet the 1,900-year-old latrine helping explain how Roman concrete grew stronger with age
An ancient sample shows calcite threading through this material’s cracks and pores, offering possible lessons for making modern concrete last longer

Scientists spot sugar in interstellar space for the first time ever
Erythrulose—a sugar found in raspberries—is also prevalent in a giant molecular cloud close to our galaxy’s core, scientists have discovered

Tick bites are driving up deadly meat allergies. Scientists are scrambling to stop it
Alpha-gal syndrome is increasing across the U.S., driven by lone star ticks

Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers
A 23-year-old student overturned an ancient conjecture about one of math’s simplest operations

ChatGPT just proved another 50-year-old math conjecture
What’s the secret to prompting an AI to solve math problems that have left humans stumped? Tell it to believe in itself

Why are the steel beams inside a Manhattan skyscraper buckling?
Steel support columns in the Midtown building, which is being converted from offices into apartments, may have been overloaded, experts say