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Can helium-3 create a ‘gold rush’ on the moon?

The war in Iran is supercharging an ecological crisis in the Persian Gulf

Deep-Earth diamonds reveal trove of never-before-seen minerals

Depression scales may not work the same for highly intelligent people

2026 FIFA World Cup players and fans at risk of extreme heat, climate scientists warn

Almost half of the objects in Earth’s orbit are junk—and that’s only the stuff we know about

Can hantavirus spread through the air? What we do and don’t know

Americans are increasingly open to using psychedelics for medical reasons

59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth may be oldest evidence of dentistry

Radar picks up on bird migration. But how do we tell birds and storms apart?

Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says

Baby ‘cosmic fossil’ galaxy brings JWST closer to glimpsing the universe’s first stars

Tiny robot drones learn to navigate the world like honeybees

WHO warns the world is falling short of and even reversing its health targets

Why hantavirus takes so long to show symptoms and what that means for containment

Quitting weight-loss drugs or a diet can cause weight regain—two strategies could help prevent that

Each atom in the universe might be unique

Do you need more protein? What science says about high-protein diets

Hantavirus treatments are coming, but funding is holding them back

Ivermectin prescriptions spiked after Mel Gibson touted it for cancer on Joe Rogan’s podcast

Trump’s FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns

Math reveals the one game of chance you should always accept

See SpaceX Starship V3 megarocket on the launchpad as it gears up for its next test flight

China’s Yangtze River has been ‘pirating’ water from the Yellow River for more than a million years, scientists reveal

PCOS just got a new name—here’s what to know

NASA’s Apollo moon missions relied on this computer scientist and differential equations

Gemstones on Mars—why the Red Planet could be harboring rubies, opals, and more

Is the U.S. in a new era of political violence? Experts say it’s complicated

Sucker fish are hiding in manta rays’ ‘butthole,’ new study reveals

Strange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test

See the National Park Service’s newest canine rangers

Tanking is ruining NBA basketball. Can math save it?

Inside NASA’s ‘very ambitious’ moon base plan

Protein-boosted foods are everywhere now, but do we actually need more protein?

This sulfurous hell world might change the way we classify exoplanets

Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, risk of microplastics-caused climate warming and Alaska landslide tsunami

National Academies experts denounce Trump’s NSF board purge

Is testosterone therapy safe and effective? What we know

The mangled remains of probes sent to Venus may still be there

Celebrate Mother’s Day with nine bold, beautiful and bizarre animal moms

This organoid can menstruate—and shows how tissue can repair itself

Top climate research center at risk of cuts sues Trump administration

The leader of NASA’s Psyche mission has tips for interplanetary team building

Wildfire breaks out inside Chernobyl exclusion zone

See the Pentagon’s new UFO image release

AI’s Power Needs Will Destroy the Renewable Energy Revolution

U.S. neutrino megaproject takes shape in abandoned gold mine

Pentagon releases trove of new UFO files, but skeptics aren’t impressed

There is no vaccine for deadly hantavirus, but this scientist is working on one

Is Pluto a planet? That’s asking the wrong question