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Summers Are Hotter than Ever and Are Only Going to Get ...

The face of summer is transforming, as people today face more frequent, longer-l...

Tiny Spheres Key to Tunable ‘Smart Liquid’

Programmable liquids could aid robot grippers, shock absorption, acoustics, and ...

How This Real Image Won an AI Photo Competition

Nature still outdoes the machine, says a photographer whose real image won an AI...

The World Desperately Needs a New Pandemic Treaty

Negotiations over a global pandemic treaty broke down at WHO this year. The lega...

These Gray Whales Are Shrinking and Scientists Aren’t S...

Gray whales in a small group that sticks close to the shores of the Pacific Nort...

Humans Started Passing Down Knowledge to Future Generat...

The advent of “cumulative culture”—teaching others and passing down that knowled...

We Already Know the Dangers of Nukes in Space

A nuclear explosion in space would cause stunning auroras—and wreak havoc on sat...

Longer Freight Trains Are More Likely to Derail

Replacing two 50-car trains with a single 100-car train increases the odds of de...

Abortion Pill Access Is Still Under Threat After Suprem...

“It would be foolish to declare victory” for abortion rights, one expert says of...

Converting Offices to Apartments Gives Empty Buildings ...

Employees are working remotely, and office buildings are standing empty, inspiri...

We Should Engineer Better Learning in Our Schools

Students should learn about both the natural world and human-made—or engineered—...

China Has Plans for the World’s Largest Particle Collider

China wants to build a next-generation particle collider that would be cheaper a...

Intense Heat Dome Will Bring Record-Breaking Temperatur...

A heat dome is sending temperatures soaring across the U.S. Midwest and East

We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away Fr...

We are living through a terrible time in humanity. Here’s why we tend to stick o...

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The advent of “cumulative culture”—teaching others and passing down that knowled...

Joro Spiders Are No Big Deal, and Starlink Satellites T...

Sweltering heat in Greece, ozone-damaging chemicals on the decline and an invest...

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