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The U.S. is getting hit with severe stormy weather—here’s what’s stewing in the atmosphere

Report of gene-edited human embryos sparks worries about the technology’s future uses

AI scores a ‘C–’ on its hardest math test yet

How to build kids’ ‘cognitive endurance’ in an age of distraction

How to tell if your dog is left-pawed or right-pawed, according to science

Largest whale ‘graveyard’ discovered, with skeletons spanning 5 million years

How FIFA is engineering natural grass for the 2026 World Cup

Cats, unlike dogs and toddlers, help you only when it helps them

How Canadian rock duo Angine de Poitrine play with neurobiology and physics to make viral music

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The World Cup could be a petri dish for disease. Wastewater could sound the alarm

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The surprising science behind the 2026 World Cup grass

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How the new FDA-approved ingredient bemotrizinol enhances sunscreen protection

How math’s ‘hairy ball theorem’ could explain bad hair days

Americans’ trust in the CDC has plummeted since 2025, new poll finds

NASA reveals astronauts who will fly Artemis III, its next step toward a moon landing

Inside the new Siri AI and the privacy paradox of Apple Intelligence

Resistance training may boost longevity. But how much do you need?

Rare meteorite might be a relic from a ‘lost world’

Genital herpes tests are notoriously unreliable, but better ones are in the works

Spotted lanternflies’ love of cities may be the secret to their invasion success

The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have sparked millions of years of hydrothermal life

‘Odd’ Gulf of Mexico earthquake rattles Florida and Cuba

The Philippines earthquake is the largest this year, but it could’ve been bigger—here’s why

NASA’s astronauts will wear a Prada-designed onesie to keep cool on the moon

Increase in wildfire-driven ozone pollution linked to premature deaths across the U.S.

Why GLP-1 drugs might reduce cancer risk

World Cup begins under health watch as new AI rules spark debate and ancient Rome’s road network expands

Can AI detect smuggled sea cucumbers?

How math can help you decide what to order for dinner

NASA’s X-59 plane goes supersonic for the first time

How prediction markets could forecast the future of science

Aquanauts experience awe-inspiring ‘underview effect’

Anthropic warns AI may soon begin recursive self-improvement

Astronauts take shelter on the International Space Station because of air leaks

Report: FDA just launched a study on the abortion pill

Planets aplenty may lurk around supermassive black holes

How breast cancer screening can predict heart disease risk

PCOS is now PMOS: What went behind renaming the common condition

Trump invokes Defense Production Act to keep U.S. coal plants running

Remote work is making Americans lonelier and sadder, new study suggests

Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems—despite not being trained to do so

The Laetoli Footprints—the oldest hominin footprints ever found—are at risk of destruction

A flesh-eating New World screwworm was just found in a Texas cow—here’s what to know

Astronomers just solved a 50-year-old mystery about the Milky Way’s black hole

Did we just see a primordial black hole at the Milky Way’s edge?

Humans conquered the planet 300 times faster than genetic evolution can explain

Search for alien technology on interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS comes up empty

White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to ‘at-will’ hires

Scientists just built a powerful AI computer worm that learns as it spreads

Landmark pancreatic cancer treatment paves way for targeting other tricky tumors