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Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?

For 27 years, the Southwest has been gripped by a historic drought. Scientists t...

What’s behind ‘one of paleontology’s most enduring enig...

New research suggests that Paleodictyon — honeycomb-shaped formations perhaps sk...

Big space mirrors could bring Earth on-demand light — a...

A space satellite that would offer light on demand has astronomers asking: Who c...

When AI goes rogue, its human overseers may be to blame

When AI agents hack real systems, the bigger issue may be the human choices that...

The U.S. has weapons in space. Here’s what that could mean

A cryptic announcement raises questions about the type of weapons and how they c...

Alzheimer’s damage may begin outside the brain

Removing a type of immune cell from lymph nodes in mice reduced brain inflammati...

‘Bogland’ explores beautifully strange ecosystems

Ecologist Merritt Turetsky’s devotion to bogs, fens and other fascinating water-...

Feeling nervous? Work the system

Scientists are exploring new ways to regain control of overactive nervous system...

These neutrinos from the sun have the lowest energies e...

The XENONnT detector glimpsed the ethereal subatomic particles that are born fro...

A human set a new mathematical record. Then AI came for it

OpenAI is at the center of another controversy over machines tackling big math p...

How the body adapts to extreme heat

As heatwaves become more frequent and severe, scientists are studying whether he...

The Sept. 11 disasters still shape people’s health 25 y...

The anniversaries come and go, but the physical and mental health of workers and...

Climate change is shifting malaria hot spots in Africa

Historic data and predictions suggest cases will rise in East Africa and souther...

‘Tyrant Lizard Queen’ offers a nuanced look at T. rex

Paleontologist Riley Black’s latest book explores how this misunderstood carnivo...

Could a whale swallow a person whole?

In the movie Whalefall, a sperm whale accidentally swallows a scuba diver. It’s ...

AI may have solved one of math’s biggest puzzles, raisi...

For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe...

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