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Trump Officials Keep Comparing the U.S.’s Vaccine Schedule to Denmark’s. They’re Missing the Point

How Conifers and Christmas Trees Secretly Shaped U.S. History

Why Humanoid Robots and Embodied AI Still Struggle in the Real World

New Cell Transplant Therapy Restores Insulin Production in Patient with Type 1 Diabetes

What Is 'Spoofing'? How a U.S.-Seized Oil Tanker Reportedly Tried to Evade Detection

Health Experts Slam Possible FDA ‘Black Box’ Warning for COVID Vaccines

Photos Reveal Moths Sipping Tears from a Moose

What Time Is It on Mars?

AI as the New Empire? Karen Hao Explains the Hidden Costs of OpenAI’s Ambitions

COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds

U.S. Approves First Device to Treat Depression with Brain Stimulation at Home

Before Flowers Existed, Ancient Cycad Plants Lured Insects with Heat

U.S. Sunscreens Aren’t Great. The FDA Could Soon Change That

Measles Outbreaks Accelerate as U.S. Inches Closer to a Disease Tipping Point

Killer Whales and Dolphins May Team Up to Hunt Salmon

Teen AI Chatbot Usage Sparks Mental Health and Regulation Concerns

People Are Using TikTok to Sell Endangered Animals to Eat

Beeple’s Art Basel Robot Dogs Satirize Musk, Zuckerberg and Our AI Future

Uterine Fibroids Significantly Raise Risk of Heart Disease

Scientists Explain How mRNA COVID Vaccines May Rarely Cause Myocarditis

NASA Loses Signal from Critical Mars Orbiter

MERS, a Deadly Coronavirus, Resurfaces in France for First Time in 12 Years

Ancient Humans Were Making Fire 350,000 Years Earlier Than Scientists Realized

Improved ‘Terminator’ Sun Model Could Change Space Weather Forecasting

How Animals Form Unlikely Alliances to Keep Predators Away

Can NASA Bring Mars Rocks Back to Earth?

Earthquake Science and Fiction Collide in Tilt

RFK, Jr., Questions Safety of Approved RSV Shots for Babies

Human Missions to Mars Must Search for Alien Life, New Report Finds

NASA’s JWST Spots Most Ancient Supernova Ever Observed

Pompeii House Frozen Mid-Renovation Reveals Secrets of Roman Cement

OpenAI’s Secrets are Revealed in Empire of AI

Black Hole Caught Blasting Matter into Space at 130 Million MPH

This Weekend’s Geminids Meteor Shower Should Be Spectacular

Space-Based Data Centers Could Power AI with Solar Energy—At a Cost

Mathematicians Crack a Fractal Conjecture on Chaos

Breakthrough in Digital Screens Takes Color Resolution to Incredibly Small Scale

2025 Likely to Tie for Second-Hottest Year on Record

AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals

Chernobyl’s Shield Guarding Radioactive “Elephant’s Foot” Has Been Damaged for Months

Watch Lava From Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Obliterate a Webcam

Tsunami Warnings Issued in Japan after Magnitude 7.6 Earthquake

Vitamin K Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out

Infrasound Tech Silences Wildfires before They Spread

Vaccine Controversies and Measles Outbreaks, Space Pollution, Puppy Power

Death by Fermented Food

Why Are ADHD Rates On the Rise?

How Close Are Today’s AI Models to AGI—And to Self-Improving into Superintelligence?

Why Leftover Pizza Is Actually Healthier: The Science of ‘Resistant Starch’ Explained

Is a River Alive? A Conversation with Robert Macfarlane on Nature’s Sovereignty