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Watch SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 launch tonight

Scientists discover a ‘remarkable’ new monkey species with orange lips and a froglike roar

How to avoid getting cyclosporiasis—and why washing lettuce may not be enough

Mathematicians are closing in on the hidden order inside chaos

Trump’s latest CDC chief pick Erica Schwartz faces Senate confirmation hearing

Indonesia’s new capital is changing the Borneo rainforest forever. Science is listening to the change

See the first x-rays of humans taken in space

Astronomers just accidentally spotted the faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth

The Perseid meteor shower aligns with a total solar eclipse this year—here’s how to see it

August's solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity

Experimental immune therapy shows promise against deadly childhood brain cancer

NASA’s Hubble reveals a black hole hiding inside a massive star cluster in the Milky Way

Prepare for dangerous air pollution in the Northeast, thanks to Minnesota wildfires

T. rex fossil named ‘Gus’ becomes the most expensive dinosaur sold at auction

Did scientists just create synthetic life?

ChatGPT just proved another 50-year-old math conjecture

Here's the deal with 'corn sweat'—it's not all actually corn's fault

We finally know the name of a Maya mathematician

Why have there been so many record-breaking heat waves this summer?

Scientists overwhelmingly against rule change that would give political appointees say over science grants

Scientists spot sugar in interstellar space for the first time ever

Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers

Deadly meat allergies from tick bites are on the rise. Should you be worried?

Is it a problem for cats to eat insects? Researchers are probing feline diets to find out

How a 1,900-year-old latrine helps explain why Roman concrete lasts

Wimbledon 2026 opened with a 148-mph serve—here’s how tennis players’ brains track such fast balls

China’s Long March 10B rocket successfully launches—and lands—in a global spaceflight milestone

Odds of a Super El Niño are rising, and that could have deadly consequences

How could loosened radiation exposure rules affect public health?

Why the controversy over de-extinction risks missing the point

Is Earth the only planet with total solar eclipses?

‘Dark’ comets sprouting tails could help solve interstellar mysteries

Physicist says splashy new cosmology study made ‘elemental’ mistake

These absurdly cute mice live at higher altitudes than any other mammal—here’s how they do it

Cases of explosive diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis are rising fast in the U.S.

Early bird, night owl or something else? Five patterns may define how we sleep

Scientists get clearest view yet of a spreading seafloor

Can we geoengineer ourselves out of an El Niño year?

RFK, Jr. is turning his attention to the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce

Why ‘Neil the seal’ is unleashing chaos in Tasmania

Einstein’s greatest theory triumphs again in landmark frame-dragging measurement

Detecting hidden nuclear weapons in space may be possible using cosmic rays

Why more extreme rain could mean more shark bites

International timekeepers to vote on changing the leap second to a leap hour

Why are the steel beams inside a Manhattan skyscraper buckling? Experts explain

How math helped the Allies win World War II

Should you be taking creatine? Here's what the science says

Astronomers discover some of the most extreme primordial quasars in the universe

New York City’s Manhattanhenge is back—here’s how to see it