
NOAA predicts quieter Atlantic hurricane season for 2026—but the Pacific is another story
This year’s expected El Niño could hamper hurricanes in the Atlantic but boost them in the central and eastern Pacific

NOAA predicts quieter Atlantic hurricane season for 2026—but the Pacific is another story
This year’s expected El Niño could hamper hurricanes in the Atlantic but boost them in the central and eastern Pacific

Trial results of next-gen weight-loss drug retatrutide bring it one step closer to FDA approval
While drugs such as Wegovy target a single gut hormone, retatrutide is among a new class of GLP-1 drugs that aims at three hormone receptors

OpenAI announces AI’s biggest math breakthrough yet
A chatbot’s result for the 80-year-old “unit distance” conjecture is the first AI proof that would likely be published in math’s top journal if humans had done it alone

Can math predict the end of humanity?
This eerily simple math says our days are numbered—and nobody can agree why it’s wrong

Watch SpaceX launch Starship V3—the tallest and most powerful rocket yet
Friday’s flight could be the most pivotal test of the Starship megarocket

Daddy longlegs are actually bloodthirsty killers—of frogs
The wobbly, lanky arachnids known as harvestmen or daddy longlegs may be overlooked as predators of small vertebrates such as frogs, researchers say

A contentious effort to ‘resurrect’ the extinct moa and dodo takes a step forward
The science of de-extinction does not exist, but Colossal Biosciences’ “artificial egg” is an interesting technical feat

Screen time limits can protect children’s health, U.S. surgeon general advisory says
The Trump administration warned that too much screen time for children has been linked to poor sleep, bad behavior, and less physical and social activity

An Ebola outbreak is spreading fast. Should you be worried?
A deadly Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa is raising international alarm. Still, experts stress that the chance of a pandemic is low

These bizarre fossils represent some of the earliest moving, sexually reproducing life ever discovered
New trove of fossils reveals that ancestral animals likely emerged in the deep sea

Ebola vaccines exist, but not for the strain in the current outbreak
A decade after Ebola vaccines changed outbreak response, a new epidemic in central Africa is caused by a strain the world never fully prepared for

NASA’s Psyche captures gorgeous Mars crescent photo on way to asteroid
NASA’s Psyche snapped images as it flew by Mars last week. The spacecraft used the planet’s gravity to give itself a boost on its journey toward its target asteroid