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AI just solved an 80-year-old ‘Erdős problem,’ and mathematicians are amazed

Can math predict the end of humanity? Inside the ‘doomsday argument’

Watch SpaceX launch Starship V3—the tallest and most powerful rocket yet

Daddy longlegs are actually bloodthirsty killers—of frogs

Start-up reveals ‘artificial egg’ to resurrect extinct birds, but scientists say the work misses the point

Screen time limits can protect children’s health, U.S. surgeon general advisory says

An Ebola outbreak is spreading fast. Should you be worried?

These bizarre fossils represent some of the earliest moving, sexually reproducing life ever discovered

Vaccines for Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak are being developed, but none are ready yet

NASA’s Psyche captures gorgeous Mars crescent photo on way to asteroid

The Colorado Avalanche is dominating the NHL—Denver’s high elevation could be the reason

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