
Long-lost coral reefs rediscovered off the coast of Africa
This marine ecosystem in the Gulf of Guinea shows the resilience of coral reefs against climate change

Long-lost coral reefs rediscovered off the coast of Africa
This marine ecosystem in the Gulf of Guinea shows the resilience of coral reefs against climate change

The real danger in OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack
This agent pursued its objective far beyond what researchers intended, revealing how difficult to contain powerful AI systems can be

A huge cosmic object could force astronomers to rethink what a moon is
This almost Jupiter-sized object is orbiting a brown dwarf, which, in turn, is circling around a small star

These whales are the only ones that flip upside down. Now we know why
Southern right whales are the only whale species known to float upside down, and new drone footage suggests the purpose of the behavior could be to get a break from parenting

OpenAI admits its agent went rogue, triggering a major hack
This incident underscores concerns over the increasingly powerful cybersecurity capabilities of new AI models

Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts
The Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars earlier this year on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, capturing the images along the way

How a Futurama writer’s plot problem led to a totally new math proof
In an episode of the cartoon, a machine lets characters swap bodies, but they can’t switch back with the same person. Math helps all the characters return to their original bodies

The Jellyfish Nebula has been hiding a big cosmic secret
For the first time ever, astronomers have found two sibling stars that each exploded as a supernova, giving us a new view of these epochal cosmic cataclysms

This adorable bobtail squid is raising a family at –1.6 degrees Celsius
The Arctic Ocean is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but that’s not stopping this cephalopod

This tiny, forgotten organ could help us live longer, healthier
A hormone produced by the thymus helps tamp down age-related inflammation, a new study in mice found

Inside the race to spot wildfires before they spiral out of control
Finding wildfires before they explode in size could save countless lives each year. Decades of technology development may finally make that possible

A SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the moon—scientists will be watching
Astronomers have a plan to observe an errant piece of a SpaceX rocket as it hits the moon to better understand impact events