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Wind-assisted cargo ships could more than halve shipping emissions

Scientists call for stewardship practices to be integrated into biodiversity conservation frameworks

Antarctic plants may face a growing fungal threat from warming soils

Indigenous Australians were the world's first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk

Food relief comes in many packages

Colossal claims an artificial eggshell will help it bring back the moa

Feeling connected at school aids pupil mental health and attendance, study finds

The Science of Cities. 10 Books You Must Read

Fish can pass PFAS safety limits one chemical at a time, but cocktail effects reveal a bigger unseen risk

Consistency check casts doubt on evolving dark energy

Asteroid 2022 OB5 spins too fast for current prospectors, highlighting the divide between 'accessible' and 'exploitable'

Busseiron and the formation of a discipline in Japanese physics

Math puzzle: Fix the matchstick equation

Female beast hunters battled leopards in ancient Rome

Odd “butterfly” molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm

Which problems will quantum computers solve—and when?

The Riemann hypothesis is a million-dollar math problem hardly anyone is trying to solve

Science crossword: At the same time

Readers respond to the February 2026 issue

Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment

Poem: ‘Horseshoe Crab’

New ways to keep from losing muscle on Ozempic

New high‑resolution map transforms what we know about Roman roads and the Roman Empire

NASA dreams of a nuclear power plant on the moon. Here’s why

June 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

How commercial satellites are changing modern warfare

Helion Energy is building a fusion power plant. Can its technology deliver?

A real quantum leap

A field guide to quantum computer qubits

Rare graves reveal a lost world of Bronze Age Europe hidden for 3,000 years

The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

Seabird world shrinks as oceans warm, forcing longer flights to survive

Extreme weather events are accelerating tidal wetland loss, satellite data show

Bats create 'silent frequency zones' to detect prey in noisy flight, researchers reveal

Argentine scientists lay first traps in hantavirus hunt

As bee population collapses, US apiarists fear research cuts

SMILE spacecraft launches to capture first X-ray views of Earth's magnetic shield

New Mexico wildfire sparked by fatal medical plane crash spreads quickly in rural area

Scientists found a smarter Mediterranean diet that slashes diabetes risk by 31%

Antarctic glacier collapses at record speed as Hektoria retreats 15 miles in just 15 months

A strange ripple in spacetime could be the first fingerprint of dark matter

String theory suddenly emerged from simple physics rules

Urban life makes animals bolder, more aggressive across 133 species, analysis finds

DNA floating in seawater is now enough to let scientists monitor the health of America's dolphin populations

Economic impact report examines the value of open biodata infrastructure

A lamp flickering on and off inspires the math mystery of Thomson's lamp

Video: Preparing Smile for space

Cryo-EM reveals the structural basis of functional diversity in alcohol oxidase isozymes

How much worse could western wildfires get? New modeling changes projections

What a powerful El Niño could mean for the US region of Appalachia