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NASA’s Artemis III will pit SpaceX against Blue Origin

The East Coast could see blazing hot temperatures this week. Here’s why

Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York State cemetery

The real science of Pokémon

Unlikely paths to discovery

The engineering marvels hidden inside six-figure watches

The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America’s freshwater mussels

Science crossword: Hot stuff

Readers respond to the January 2026 issue

Poem: ‘How I Became a Spitfire Pilot during My Cataract Operation’

New evidence links heart disease to inflammation—and drugs can stop it

May 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shouldn’t exist

Math puzzle: A disassembly job

How two mathematicians solved a cryptography mystery

How to build a space hotel

How physicists found a new type of magnet hiding in plain sight

How cosmic rays are helping mining companies find critical minerals underground

How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury perfumes

Expensive versus affordable binoculars—what’s the difference?

DARPA built an AI to fact-check enemy weapons claims

An asteroid extinguished all the dinosaurs except for birds. Here’s why

A hot pair of supplements, creatine and methylene blue dye, may not work together

The humble ham sandwich inspired a math theorem for sharing food fairly

Imperiled ‘cloud jaguar’ spotted in Honduran mountains for the first time in a decade

Person functionally cured of HIV after bone marrow transplant from sibling

Dream Chaser space plane faces uncertain future in NASA’s push for the moon