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Anthropic’s safety-first AI collides with the Pentagon as Claude expands into autonomous agents

Incredible image shows what 2026’s first solar eclipse looked like from space

FDA wants to make more drugs available over the counter, but experts have raised safety concerns

Trump’s order to release evidence for aliens obscures the scientific search for extraterrestrial life

Trump administration slashes mercury regulations from coal plants

NASA completes a critical test of Artemis II, with a launch to the moon now targeted for March 6

Listen to the oldest known recording of a whale

Could aliens in another galaxy see dinosaurs on Earth?

What makes ice slippery? Scientists may have finally figured it out

NASA says a litany of failures led to 2024 Boeing Starliner astronaut stranding

Microsoft scientists invent tiny glass ‘books’ that could store data for millennia

Baby chicks pass the ‘bouba-kiki’ test, challenging a theory of language evolution

The Kuiper Belt is packed with weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why

Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell

Cats’ cancer genes show striking similarity to humans’

China is reportedly testing a new airborne wind turbine

Are you constipated? It could be because of these two bacteria

Alzheimer’s blood tests predict the average age at which the disease may strike, study finds

Lake Tahoe avalanche explained by warm weather

Elusive sleeper shark seen off Antarctica in a first

Doting male mouse dads share a genetic signature, new study finds

The urban geothermal boom reshaping how cities heat and cool

EPA faces lawsuits over climate endangerment finding withdrawal

FDA agrees to review Moderna mRNA flu vaccine in dramatic reversal

Why the FDA is cracking down on compound GLP-1 drugs for weight loss

AI and human intelligence are drastically different—here’s how

What Is VO₂ max? Why it matters for Winter Olympians and regular people

Scientists may have just solved one of the strangest mysteries of Greenland’s ice sheet

AI tools that ease caregiver burnout

This fossilized vomit is older than the dinosaurs

How does type 1 diabetes actually work?

Key NIH research institute told to remove references to 'pandemic preparedness'

How climate change made deadly floods in Spain even worse

NASA sets a date for redo of key Artemis II test

First solar eclipse of 2026 blazes a ‘ring of fire’ above Antarctica

Why privatizing public land won’t solve the housing crisis

The ghost in the machine

Strange special relativity effect observed for the first time

Science crossword: What’s inside?

Poem: ‘Boulders at Hickory Run’

Photographer finds thousands of Triassic dinosaur prints on sheer mountain cliffs

Moving to a walkable city can add 1,100 steps to your day

Math puzzle: The sum of all circles

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

How artist Stephanie Dinkins is trying to fix AI bias

How AI helps this civil rights lawyer beat the Feds

How AI copilots became everyday infrastructure

Deepfakes are getting faster than fact-checks, says digital forensics expert Hany Farid

Dealing with stress-caused sickness in family caregivers

AI Is entering health care, and nurses are being asked to trust it