
Master of chaos wins $3-million math prize for ‘blowing up’ equations
For decades, mathematician Frank Merle has been embracing the messy math behind lasers and fluids

Master of chaos wins $3-million math prize for ‘blowing up’ equations
For decades, mathematician Frank Merle has been embracing the messy math behind lasers and fluids

Peptides promise longevity and healing. Does the science back them up?
The world of peptides has exploded in wellness circles, but the benefits of injecting these gray-market molecules rest on little clinical evidence

NSF awards record number of coveted Ph.D. fellowships in surprise move
Quantum science and AI research are big winners just a year after this U.S. funding giant slashed its Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in half

Did AI just solve the mystery of one of El Greco’s most enigmatic paintings?
For years, art historians believed The Baptism of Christ was likely painted by El Greco with assistance from other artists. But new research suggests otherwise

Songbirds reveal the dark side of making new brain cells as adults
A new study in songbirds might help explain why humans don’t generate many new brain cells, called neurons, as adults

What’s the weirdest planet in the solar system?
All the sun’s planets are oddballs. But some are more so than others

What is Mythos, Anthropic’s unreleased AI model, and how worried should we be?
The company says Mythos is too dangerous to release publicly. Cybersecurity experts agree the model's capabilities matter, but not all of them are buying the most alarming claims

Chronic pain is not just in your head, but it is in your brain
Author Rachel Zoffness breaks down why we have chronic pain and how science shows that it’s all in our head

AI music is booming, and the player piano saw it coming
As AI songs get harder to tell apart from human-made music, an older technology offers a revealing preview of the fight over artistry, labor and pay

What’s this fast-moving wave of darkness creeping across Mars?
Observations by the Mars Express orbiter reveal rapid changes on the Red Planet’s surface from windblown volcanic ash

The dinosaurs at your window: How birds survived the asteroid that killed all other dinosaurs
How a few unique traits helped modern-style birds—the last living dinosaurs—survive the asteroid apocalypse that took out T. rex and other mighty beasts

Former deputy surgeon general Erica Schwartz nominated as new CDC chief
The White House has nominated Erica Schwartz to replace NIH director Jay Bhattacharya as CDC chief. Bhattacharya has been leading the CDC on an acting basis since February, after the public health agency’s director was fired in 2025