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NASA’s plan for a nuclear reactor on the moon could change space exploration forever—if it works

Did the last common ancestor of humans and apes walk like a gorilla? A new study offers a clue

Extreme heat is breaking records in the East. Here’s why

The U.S. just experienced its hottest 12 months on record

SpaceX punts Starship V3 launch to May 21 as investigation opens into Starbase worker’s death

What it’s like being stuck in a hantavirus quarantine for six weeks

‘Sensational’ proof topples decades-old geometry problem

New NASA Hubble image captures a rare, turbulent galaxy

Scientists race to develop Ebola drugs as outbreak surges

Math puzzle: Fix the matchstick equation

Female beast hunters battled leopards in ancient Rome

Which problems will quantum computers solve—and when?

The Riemann hypothesis is a million-dollar math problem hardly anyone is trying to solve

Science crossword: At the same time

Readers respond to the February 2026 issue

Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment

Poem: ‘Horseshoe Crab’

New ways to keep from losing muscle on Ozempic

New high‑resolution map transforms what we know about Roman roads and the Roman Empire

NASA dreams of a nuclear power plant on the moon. Here’s why

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

How commercial satellites are changing modern warfare

Helion Energy is building a fusion power plant. Can its technology deliver?

A real quantum leap

A field guide to quantum computer qubits

A lamp flickering on and off inspires the math mystery of Thomson’s lamp

Ebola outbreak triggers U.S. ban on travelers from three African nations

How scientists developed a hantavirus PCR test in a weekend

Hidden copy of the oldest known poem in the English language leaves researchers ‘speechless’

The world is less prepared for a pandemic than before COVID. Here’s why

See a Lincoln Memorial-sized asteroid pass within just 56,000 miles of Earth today

Trump administration ousts top NIH infectious disease leaders

The programmer whose code underpins the Internet

How marijuana rewires the teenage brain

Hantavirus cruise ship, PCOS name change, a fish that hides in another animal’s ‘butthole’

Did Homo erectus and Denisovans mate? Tooth proteins hint at ancient trysts

This small rodent is at the center of theories about the hantavirus outbreak

These ants navigate with a compass tuned to the moon

NASA reveals new clues to 2027’s Artemis III, the final test mission before a moon landing

Scientists catalog the ‘fractal dimensions’ of more than 130,000 islands

Hantavirus can persist in semen for years, but that doesn’t mean it remains contagious

A real Mr. Snuffleupagus? Meet the ocean’s strangest new fish species

This startup wants to make drugs in orbit. If it succeeds, it could transform the space economy

How to arm yourself against hantavirus misinformation

Can plants have consciousness? The film Silent Friend reimagines the science

Asking AI to explain your medical results? What doctors want you to know

Microbe ‘cities’ may solve a key ocean mystery

Are astronomers ignoring some of the cosmos?

Why Black women are at greater risk for fibroids and endometrial cancer

To celebrate Endangered Species Day, meet the scaly-foot snail, the most metal animal in the world