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Stark photos show quest for profit cutting swathes through the Amazon

What to read this week: Lixing Sun's ambitious On the Origin of Sex

Michael Pollan: 'Consciousness is really under siege'

New Scientist recommends the engaging Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal

A new way to detect breakthroughs in science: Large-scale analysis reveals 'disruptive' innovations in research history

How many academics does it take to tell a joke? Time for a study...

Are relationship surveys measuring the wrong thing? How one 'Q-factor' shapes most answers

What the Meta and Google verdict means for social media design

Cosmic collision of galaxies mapped by Maunakea telescope

Soil biodiversity linked to lower human infectious disease risk

Phosphorus spikes linked to ancient marine mass extinctions

Why Seals Twitch Their Whiskers

Gravitational waves as possible candidates for the origin of dark matter

The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close

Ultrafast quantum light pulses measured for the first time

Artemis II Mission Timeline

Oceans are darkening all over the planet – what’s going on?

How gossiping mushroom networks share your public urination secrets

Artemis II space launch 'politically important' in new era of space competition, expert says

Conflict-driven farmland abandonment in Syria leads to land uplift, study finds

Nature's photocopiers caught 'doodling'—scientists say it could revolutionize how DNA is written

What it takes to keep astronauts safe in deep space

Male octopuses have a favourite arm that they mostly use for sex

Can you trust a finding? A new project maps which studies replicate

A 500-million-year-old clawed predator rewrites the origin of spiders and horseshoe crabs

5 reasons why the Artemis II mission is a big deal

Live: NASA’s Artemis II moon mission launches

A fossil reveals early relatives of spiders — armed with claws

A Through-The-Lens Look at the World’s Particle Physics Labs

Could a solar storm derail the Artemis II mission?

The Alaskan permafrost is thawing. Here’s why that’s so worrying

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms

How plants fight back against bacteria that promote waterlogging in leaves

NASA fuels rocket to launch astronauts on the first lunar trip in half a century

The best new popular science books of April 2026

Building desktop particle accelerators to unlock new realms of research

FAST observes a peculiar rotating radio transient that also switches to pulsar states

Air surveillance reveals hidden reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

Scientists found a baby dinosaur hidden in rock and it is surprisingly cute

Is true empathy possible between humans and AI?

Wisconsin-sized chunk of Alaskan permafrost is thawing: Geoscientists say climate may never be the same

Unexplained sky flashes from the 1950s: Independent analysis supports their existence

Researchers say ecotourism is valuable but cannot decarbonize tourism industry

Just 10,000 quantum bits might crack internet encryption schemes

Magicians' talk doesn't trick the eyes, Three-Card Monte experiment suggests

A 200-year-old light trick just transformed quantum encryption

Two trillion gallons of water trigger historic flooding in Hawaiʻi

Millions start work too early. This drug helps them stay awake

Virus from marine animals is causing weird eye problems in people

Plug-in solar is coming – how dangerous is it and is it worth it?