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The Paris Climate Agreement Is Turning 10—These 5 Charts Show What Progress We’ve Made

Do Brain-Decoding Devices Threaten People's Privacy?

What Blind Cave Fish and Venomous Snails Can Teach Us about Diabetes

Iran's Capital Has Run Out of Water, Forcing It to Move

Hurricane Melissa’s 252-mph Gust Sets New Wind Record

CDC to End Monkey Research Program

Illegal Wildlife Trade Tied to Drugs, Arms, and Human Trafficking

Alien Comets Swarm around Other Stars

Michael Benson’s Nanocosmos Explores Natural Design through Scanning Electron Microscopy

Partisanship Is Poisoning Public Health

New Research Shows How AI Could Transform Math, Physics, Cancer Research, and More

Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health

Lost Planet Theia that Created the Moon Came From the Inner Solar System

CDC Vaccine Website Promotes Antiscience Claims of Autism Ties

When Susan Wojcicki Discovered She Had Lung Cancer, She Decided to Find Out Why

These Are the Weird Life-forms That Can Survive in Space

AI Uncovers Oldest-Ever Molecular Evidence of Photosynthesis

How Much Protein Do You Need? Experts Explain

Every AI Breakthrough Shifts the Goalposts of Artificial General Intelligence

RFK, Jr., Releases Report Attacking Medical Care for Trans Children

RFK, Jr., Says Peanut Allergies May Be Tied to Aluminum in Vaccines and Pesticides. Here’s What the Science Says

NASA’s New Images Reveal Best Look Yet at Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Kissing May Have Evolved 21.5 Million Years Ago in Ancestor of Great Apes and Humans

Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water

The James Webb Telescope May Have Seen the First Stars in the Universe

Epstein Files Spark Harvard Investigation into Larry Summers

Investigators Think They’ve Solved the Mystery of the Baltimore Bridge Crash

After Spectacular Auroras, What to Know about the Sun and Its Solar Cycle

How Safe Is Melatonin, and How Does the Sleep Aid Work? Experts Explain

These Birds Learned to Tweet Like R2-D2. Listen to the Uncanny Results

Gut Health Tips for Thanksgiving and Holiday Stress

Five Essential Books on Plastic, Power, and Pollution

How Is Botulism Getting into Baby Formula? Here’s How to Keep Kids Safe

Why a Little Heartbeat Irregularity Can Be Good for You

We Need Laws to Stop AI-Generated Deepfakes

Science Crossword: A Destructive Fix

Science Bleeds When It’s Cut

Readers Respond to the July/August 2025 Issue

Poem: ‘The Covert Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany’

New Pill Can Save Moms from Postpartum Depression within Days

NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval

Math Puzzle: Falling Through

December 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

Can We Find Cleaner Ways to Extract Rare Earth Elements?

Can AI ‘Griefbots’ Help Us Heal?

Personalized mRNA Vaccines Will Revolutionize Cancer Treatment—If Federal Funding Cuts Don’t Doom Them

How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Driving Plastic Production and Pollution

Transplant Rejection Is a Major Hurdle for Pig Organs. Scientists Are Solving the Problem

The Leonid Meteor Shower Is Peaking—Here’s How to Watch This Fireball-Filled Event

How Forbes Sent E-mails to the Future—And What Happened 20 Years Later