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See the Facility That Tests whether Nuclear Weapons Work

The Sky Needs Its 'Silent Spring' Moment

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: October 2022

How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Coffee, According to Science

What Do Mysterious Nord Stream Methane Leaks Mean for Climate Change?

Hundreds of Hospitals Are at Risk of Hurricane Flooding

How Much People Write Can Reveal Racial Biases

Poem: 'Diptych: Abscission and Marcescence'

Alzheimer's Drug Slows Mental Decline in Trial--But Is It a Breakthrough?

Fresh Images Reveal Fireworks from DART's Asteroid Impact

Statistics Are Being Abused, but Mathematicians Are Fighting Back

The Milky Way's Spiral Arms May Have Carved Earth's Continents

For the 'First Lady of Engineering,' Freedom Meant Facing Down Racism and Sexism--And Breaking Her Own Rules

Truth under Attack

See How a Parasite Travels from Tiny Crustacean to Fish to Bird

Everything You Need to Know about Polio in the U.S.

How Hurricane Season Went from Quiet to a 'Powder Keg'

Giraffes vs. Blue Whales vs. Dinosaurs: Contest Reveals Which One Builds Its Nervous System Fastest

Hurricane Ian Grinds toward Florida with Deadly Winds and Walls of Water

The Government Is Racing to Put Your Toilet Under Surveillance--For a Good Reason

How to Protect Puerto Rico's Power Grid from Hurricanes

China's Mars Rover Finds Hints of Catastrophic Floods

Extra Hard Space Diamonds May Have Formed in an Ancient Cosmic Collision

'Longtermism' Movement Misses the Importance of War

Three Reasons Hurricane Ian Poses a Major Flooding Hazard for Florida

When Should You Get the New COVID Booster and the Flu Shot?

Hurricane Ian Intensifies into a Monster with Climate Markings

Dementia in Prison Is Turning into an Epidemic: The U.S. Penal System Is Badly Unprepared

What the Disease Feels Like, and Presidents Can't End Pandemics: COVID, Quickly, Episode 39

NASA's DART Spacecraft Successfully Smacks a Space Rock--Now What?

See Jupiter Shine During its Closest Approach to Earth Since 1963

Build a Better Floating Wind Turbine and Win $7 Million from the Department of Energy

NASA's DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse

Ultra Rare Diamond Suggests Earth's Mantle Has an Ocean's Worth of Water

How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain

Moth Wings Are Beautiful in Infrared Light

Readers Respond to the June 2022 Issue

The Race to Stop a Plastics Plant Scores a Crucial Win

How the Montreal Protocol Helped Save Earth from a Climate Time Bomb

New Execution Method Touted as More 'Humane,' but Evidence Is Lacking

These Spiders Use Their Webs like Huge, Silky Ears

Strange Tree Fern Has a Surprisingly Enormous Genome

The Purpose of Dolphins' Mysterious Brain Net May Finally Be Understood

Extreme Heat Saps Billions in Worker Productivity

AlphaFold Developers Win $3-Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Sparkly Image of Neptune's Rings Comes into View from JWST

How Gaslighting Manipulates Reality

Quantum Tech Titans Win Breakthrough Prize in Physics

Quantum Physics Titans Win Breakthrough Prize