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Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy

Pew Pew

Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy

Brian Kahn

Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. Then Came AI

Paint by Numbers

Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. Then Came AI

Sophia Chen

The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

Power Play

The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

Molly Taft

Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement

Blowing Smoke

Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement

Hasmeena Kathuria

Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

Flip the Switch

Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

Jorge Garay

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

Tug-of-War

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

Jorge Garay

The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why

Staying Busy

The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why

Kristen V. Brown

Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane

Blown Away

Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane

Dennis Mersereau

Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon

Midnight Snack

Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon

Ritsuko Kawai

Scientists Detect Radio Signals From an Exoplanet for the First Time in History

On Air

Scientists Detect Radio Signals From an Exoplanet for the First Time in History

Jorge Garay

A Startup Wants to Power Data Centers With ‘Supercritical’ Carbon Dioxide

Mission Critical

A Startup Wants to Power Data Centers With ‘Supercritical’ Carbon Dioxide

Molly Taft

The World Forgot About Ebola. The Organization Fighting It Has Never Been More Worried

Danger Zone

The World Forgot About Ebola. The Organization Fighting It Has Never Been More Worried

Isabella Ward

After 8 Years in Space, ‘BepiColombo’ Is Finally Approaching Mercury

In the Neighborhood

After 8 Years in Space, ‘BepiColombo’ Is Finally Approaching Mercury

Ritsuko Kawai

Comb Over

Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans

Marlowe Starling

Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Best Frenemies

Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Isabella Ward

Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law

Payback

Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law

He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature

It’s Alive!

He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature

Jorge Garay

It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño

Can’t Beat the Heat

It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño

Dennis Mersereau

Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

Not Going Viral

Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

Kate Knibbs and Emily Mullin

The Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Alien Disclosure Whistleblowers

Truth Is Out There

The Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Alien Disclosure Whistleblowers

Nathaniel Janowitz