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Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out...

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A Scientist Working on the ‘IceCube’ Neutrino Detector Explains the Nobel Prize–Winning Technology

A Scientist Working on the ‘IceCube’ Neutrino Dete...

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Tropical Storm Isaias Set to Be First Atlantic Hurricane of 2026 Season

Tropical Storm Isaias Set to Be First Atlantic Hur...

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The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light

The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology Th...

1 day ago 11

A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat

A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using ...

1 day ago 14

You Probably Aren’t Going to Get the Plague

You Probably Aren’t Going to Get the Plague

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OpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Again

OpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Ag...

2 days ago 12

A New Neurotech Startup Launches to Rival Sam Altman’s Merge Labs

A New Neurotech Startup Launches to Rival Sam Altm...

2 days ago 11

Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever

Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Know...

3 days ago 17

Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break

Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Br...

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Elusive ‘Geoneutrinos’ Are Building a New Map of Earth’s Volatile Interior

Elusive ‘Geoneutrinos’ Are Building a New Map of E...

4 days ago 25

A Decade-Long Experiment Is Unlocking the Mysteries of the Ocean’s ‘Deep Reefs’

A Decade-Long Experiment Is Unlocking the Mysterie...

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Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal

Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Nor...

1 week ago 35

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About ...

1 week ago 37

A Biotech Founder Makes the Moral Case for Gene-Editing Human Embryos

A Biotech Founder Makes the Moral Case for Gene-Ed...

1 week ago 34

Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?

Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System....

1 week ago 36

Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals

Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals

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Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy

Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Tes...

1 week ago 40

Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. Then Came AI

Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. ...

1 week ago 39

The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate ...

1 week ago 47

Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement

Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Mo...

1 week ago 56

Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak A...

1 week ago 53

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changin...

1 week ago 45

The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why

The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. ...

2 weeks ago 60

Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane

Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane

2 weeks ago 45

Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon

Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon

2 weeks ago 43

Scientists Detect Radio Signals from an Exoplanet for the First Time in History

Scientists Detect Radio Signals from an Exoplanet ...

2 weeks ago 38

A Startup Wants to Power Data Centers With ‘Supercritical’ Carbon Dioxide

A Startup Wants to Power Data Centers With ‘Superc...

2 weeks ago 41

The Organization Fighting Ebola Has Never Been More Worried

The Organization Fighting Ebola Has Never Been Mor...

2 weeks ago 44

After 8 Years in Space, ‘BepiColombo’ Is Finally Approaching Mercury

After 8 Years in Space, ‘BepiColombo’ Is Finally A...

2 weeks ago 53

Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans

Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunctio...

2 weeks ago 45

Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

2 weeks ago 61

Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law

Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive ...

2 weeks ago 58

He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature

He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He ...

2 weeks ago 62

It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño

It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Bla...

2 weeks ago 43

Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Biow...

2 weeks ago 53

The Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Alien Disclosure Whistleblowers

The Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Ali...

3 weeks ago 66

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunni...

3 weeks ago 55

‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy

‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tum...

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Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides

Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptid...

3 weeks ago 57

A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US

A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Avail...

3 weeks ago 56

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

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With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could P...

3 weeks ago 50

‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs

‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples W...

3 weeks ago 57

You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Trump-Appointed Judge Rules

You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Tru...

3 weeks ago 61

August 2026 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded: Copernicus Data

August 2026 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded: C...

4 weeks ago 64

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Fi...

4 weeks ago 62

There’s a Hot New Egg-Freezing Startup. It’s Weirder Than You Could Imagine

There’s a Hot New Egg-Freezing Startup. It’s Weird...

4 weeks ago 68

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquit...

4 weeks ago 65

Two of the Universe's Great Mysteries May Have Their Own Dimension

Two of the Universe's Great Mysteries May Have The...

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