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Senate Hearing with RFK Jr. Sparks Backlash From Scient...

On Thursday Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., about vaccines and turmoil ...

What’s the Smallest Particle in the Universe?

The answer to this supposedly simple particle physics question isn’t so simple

Hacking AI Agents—How Malicious Images and Pixel Manipu...

Artificial-intelligence agents—touted as AI’s next wave—could be vulnerable to m...

U.S. States Start Sharp Divisions on Vaccines

West Coast states are forming their own vaccine compact as Florida announces pla...

Bacteria in Spacecraft Clean Rooms Can Go Dormant, Evad...

A type of bacteria found in clean rooms has an unexpected method of survival, wi...

A Giant Map Shows How DNA Changes as We Age

A map of DNA methylation changes in human organs—from the stomach to the retinas...

Spouses Tend to Share Psychiatric Disorders, Massive St...

Spouses often share psychiatric diagnoses, according to an analysis of almost 15...

The Local Universe May Be Misleading Cosmologists about...

Our understanding of cosmology hinges on how well we know our own local universe...

What to Know about Hurricane Season and Forecast Accuracy

Hurricane forecast maps are more complex than they appear. Understanding them co...

Powerball Jackpot Hits $1.3 Billion—But Is Your $2 Bet ...

Winning more than $1 billion in Powerball is an exciting possibility, but keepin...

EPA Fires 5 Employees Who Signed ‘Dissent’ Letter

The EPA fired five agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves...

Fiber Optics Breakthrough Promises Faster Internet

A cable design that sends light through air rather than solid glass could cut si...

7 Vintage Books Science-Minded Readers Will Love Paired...

A collection of seven book reviews from our archives, each paired with a recentl...

Is Consciousness the Hallmark of Life?

As AI grows more fluent in mimicking human empathy, language and memory, we’re l...

New Knot Theory Discovery Overturns Long-Held Mathemati...

Mathematicians have unraveled a key conjecture about knot theory

Chimps, Humans and Macaques All Have a Drive to ‘People...

Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots

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