Moves in Florida to control public education mirror past fascist strategies in ways that are disquieting for American democracy, a historian argues | Continue reading
A small, bizarre-looking fish was found more than five miles beneath the sea and is considered the deepest fish ever recorded | Continue reading
A small, bizarre-looking fish was found more than five miles beneath the sea and is considered the deepest fish ever recorded | Continue reading
The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijacks the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more. | Continue reading
Evidence that ancient glaciers retreated more than a quarter-mile a day is a worrisome sign that glaciers today could melt—and contribute to sea level rise—faster than was thought | Continue reading
Bird flu outbreaks are a numbers game, and the numbers are turning against us | Continue reading
Do efforts to create life—by cooking up imitations in computers, robots and molecules—point toward a universal definition of biology? | Continue reading
Mathematician Abba Gumel uses calculations and models to prepare for future disease outbreaks | Continue reading
A way of life nurtured for hundreds of years in the U.S. Southeast guard coastlines from climate change | Continue reading
A new index that rates 70,000 U.S. communities on their climate vulnerability finds that parts of the Gulf Coast subject to flooding and economic and racial inequities are most under threat | Continue reading
A new review finds that only some methods to counteract conspiracy beliefs are effective. Here’s what works and what doesn’t | Continue reading
The hunt for dark matter is in crisis, and it’s time for radical new ideas to explain our universe | Continue reading
The hunt for dark matter is in crisis, and it’s time for radical new ideas to explain our universe | Continue reading
With millions of people affected and at least $1 trillion of economic value at stake, long COVID is our next national health emergency | Continue reading
Some countries have used up far more of the world’s carbon budget—the amount we can emit and still avoid more extreme climate disruption—than others | Continue reading
A half-kilogram’s worth of samples gathered by NASA’s Perseverance rover for eventual return to Earth holds weighty implications for life on Mars | Continue reading
Studies show that people may experience enormous variability in personality traits throughout the course of the day | Continue reading
Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic neighborhood. | Continue reading
A new study documents the mysterious presence of five banned chlorofluorocarbons, chemicals that not only deplete the ozone layer but also contribute to global warming | Continue reading
Looming gaps in astronomers’ views of the heavens could undercut the revolutionary potential of NASA’s latest, greatest space telescope | Continue reading
Can researchers create AI algorithms that are ethical today—and will be safe in the future? | Continue reading
The strange phenomenon of quantum tunneling has been observed in a chemical reaction that defies classical physics | Continue reading
The four astronauts will fly around the moon in preparation for the first human landings there since 1972 | Continue reading
A new study debunks the idea that solar geoengineering is a temporary measure to reduce warming and meet climate targets | Continue reading
Antidrone technology is combatting “flying IEDs” in the air over Ukraine—with implications beyond the war with Russia | Continue reading
Safe access to the world’s tallest peaks could disappear as temperatures rise in the Alps | Continue reading
Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone. | Continue reading
Artificial rain; a scientist lives on Vesuvius | Continue reading
The "Mother of Dark Matter" was a force of nature—and a forceful advocate for other women who also wanted to dedicate their careers to the cosmos. | Continue reading
A federal judge’s ruling that invalidates part of the Affordable Care Act could mean people will have to pay for certain types of preventive care, though likely not immediately | Continue reading
A linguistic puzzle, ancient DNA, the origins of bipedalism, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits | Continue reading
An extensive system of air sacs, evolved over and over, let dinosaurs grow larger without sacrificing strength | Continue reading
Functional neurological disorders are very real, and medical compassion is an important part of treatment | Continue reading
How I learned to stop worrying and love the next Earth-threatening asteroid. | Continue reading
Microphones capture ultrasonic crackles from plants that are water-deprived or injured | Continue reading
Artificial-intelligence-powered image-generating systems are making fake photographs so hard to detect that we need AI to catch them | Continue reading
As more people turn to chat-based AIs for medical advice, it remains to be seen how these tools stack up against—or could complement—human doctors | Continue reading
Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the "mother of dark matter." Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life, and how she was a champion for women in astronomy. | Continue reading
A severe geomagnetic storm created auroras that were visible as far south as Arizona in the U.S. | Continue reading
A severe geomagnetic storm created auroras that were visible as far south as Arizona in the U.S. | Continue reading
The U.S. is in a better place to reach its climate goals after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but the implementation of pollution rules and the outcome of the 2024 election could pose major hurdles | Continue reading
Multiple obstacles might make it hard for NASA to turn its dream of ice giant exploration into a reality any time soon | Continue reading
Researchers recovered lithium from batteries on a small scale by using mechanical force | Continue reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned about the dangers of xylazine, but Narcan (naloxone) can still save people’s life during an overdose | Continue reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned about the dangers of xylazine, but Narcan (naloxone) can still save the lives of people during an overdose | Continue reading
About 90 million people who hunt and fish are witnesses to climate change, and they are a critical constituency in efforts to reduce global warming | Continue reading
In the first episode of season five of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we meet a young doctor who, in 1946, was posted to Kentucky’s "Narcotic Farm." | Continue reading
Uncertain funding means wastewater surveillance programs could close in the future | Continue reading