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AI + turfgrass science in the most high-tech World Cup yet
How extreme athletes like Alex Honnold keep their cool
Parenting tips from the animal kingdom
Wait, is my washing machine playing Schubert?
A virus hunter in Nigeria has thoughts on the Ebola outbreak
How did Neanderthals deal with illness and injuries?
Looking for life in the clouds of Venus
Meet the drug developer taking on wildlife diseases
Can the shingles vaccine stave off dementia?
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus
Surveying wildlife along Lewis and Clark's route, 220 years later
Pope Leo's encyclical on AI, and the Vatican science advisors
Bizarre exoplanet clouds + Counting insects with weather radar
A trailblazing geneticist reflects on her life and work
Is that spooky old house full of ghosts, or just infrasound?
How do clinical trials work, and who can participate?
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US
Why does fashion repeat in 20-year cycles? Math has the answer
Earth's ancient hydrogen, and fossilized vomit
How yawning might help clear dirty fluid from the brain
The new frontier of cancer research is in space
Who's composing music for my washing machine?
How El Niño shapes the world’s weather trends
Planning your photo ops for a trip around the moon
Understanding the gynecological health crisis facing Black women
Data about your body is up for sale. Who's buying it?
Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture
Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them
Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth
The decades-long movement to kill FEMA
What cats and dogs hear + A 'smell map' of the nose
How do you study microplastics in a plastic-filled lab?
What is ibogaine, and why is it in the news?
The long history of birds, from velociraptors to pigeons
Your DNA is constantly mutating, and that’s a good thing
Maine nearly became the first state to ban data centers
What urban design tells us about democracy
Listening for the cosmic ‘dark ages,’ from the lunar far side
How do you describe nature? Two poets help us
The lucky breaks that make our Earth home
How New Jersey tamped down PFAS in drinking water
How a particle accelerator illuminated 56 human organs
Simone Giertz’s journey from robot comedy to high-end design
When a dolphin whistles, what does it mean?
Inside the lives of astronauts’ families
Green stuff, brown stuff: Secrets to a great compost pile
Why so many studies can’t be replicated
How a sound designer gave an alien its voice (and 250 words)
Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction?
What a sperm whale’s birth tells us about whale culture
Is the US backing out of the electric vehicle market?
Can algae help pull microplastics out of our water supply?
Artemis II test flight heads toward the moon
Should Pluto be a planet again?
How to poop better, according to a gastroenterologist
Harnessing the superpowers of silk
CERN finds a new particle + News alerts for the cosmos
Move over, vibe-coding. Vibe-proving is here for math
Is Punch the monkey really just like us?
Could bird flu still spark a pandemic?
The secret powers of flowers
Apple: trying to think different for 50 years
‘Project Hail Mary’ brings a new kind of alien to the big screen
Building a digital ant gallery, from the ground up
The heaviness and (not) hope of climate change
Could a ‘digital twin’ help you get better health care?
Who uses Farmers’ Almanacs? + Zebra finch home design
Slow Breaking News: A Giant Tortoise Revival
How Is AI Being Used In The Iran War?
Is There Science Behind The ‘Nervous System Reset’?
AI Music Is On The Charts. Where Does It Go From Here?
The Surprising Science Of Why Sneakers Squeak
Can ‘Suggestion-Box Science’ Make Public Health More Useful?
Fixing Society's Toughest Problems? ‘It’s On You’
3D Images Of Galaxies Will Rock You (Ft. Queen)
Slow Release Of Federal Science Funds Holds Up Research
The Evolution Of An Enzyme Engineer Who Changed Chemistry
The Art And Science Of Staving Off Cognitive Decline
Into the Woods, From Chestnut Genetics To Tiny Forests
EPA Rescinds The Legal Basis For Regulating Greenhouse Gases
How One Gene Affects Alzheimer’s Risk
Are My THC Gummies Going Away?
Why Aren’t There Biomarkers For Mental Illness?
Autism Rates Appear To Be Even Across Sexes. Diagnosis Is Not
AMA Joins Effort To Launch Independent Vaccine Review Panel
What A Snow Drought In The West Means For The Rest Of 2026
Jump, Spin, Glide: The Science Of Figure Skating
How Are State-Run Psilocybin Therapy Programs Going?
A Little Grime Can Boost Kids’ Health. But What Kind?
Mating, Marriage, And Monogamy In The Age Of Apps
What A Tea Party With A Bonobo Taught Us About Imagination
How Is Screen Time Affecting My Kid?
Who Wants To Smell An Ancient Embalmed Mummy?
Stressed About The World? Take A Cue From Cyanobacteria
The Largest US Particle Collider Stops Its Collisions
Olympic Ski Mountaineering, And Mountain Goat Climbing Feats
Why Worry About My Data If I Have Nothing To Hide?
Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu?
The Growing Experiment Of Putting Solar Panels On Farmland
We’re All Being Played By Metrics