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Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

Shark Tale

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

Molly Taft

‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy

Target Practice

‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy

Javier Carbajal

Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides

Shooting Blanks

Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides

Sophie Kleeman and Kate Knibbs

A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US

Rewiring the Brain

A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US

Emily Mullin

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

Power Play

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

Molly Taft

With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

Chance of Lava

With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

Robin George Andrews

‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs

Math Fight

‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs

Isabella Ward

You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Trump-Appointed Judge Rules

Bottoms Up

You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Trump-Appointed Judge Rules

Sophie Hurwitz

Congratulations! You Just Lived Through the Hottest Month Ever Recorded

Can’t Beat the Heat

Congratulations! You Just Lived Through the Hottest Month Ever Recorded

Molly Taft

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

Sky Is Falling

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

Teruyuki Hayakawa

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

The Price of Eggs

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

Maia Hibbett

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Strange Studies

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Jorge Garay

Two of the Universe's Great Mysteries May Have Their Own Dimension

Dark Duo

Two of the Universe's Great Mysteries May Have Their Own Dimension

Steve Nadis

Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It

Computer Enhance

Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It

Ritsuko Kawai

Plastics Companies Are Writing Lesson Plans. What Could Go Wrong?

Pliable Pedagogy

Plastics Companies Are Writing Lesson Plans. What Could Go Wrong?

Joseph Winters

These Cyborg Cockroaches Could Save Your Life

Bugging Out

These Cyborg Cockroaches Could Save Your Life

Ritsuko Kawai

Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can’t Quit

Power Play

Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can’t Quit

Molly Taft

Scientists Put Caterpillars in an Ultraquiet Chamber to Learn How They Hear Without Ears

Hear, Hear

Scientists Put Caterpillars in an Ultraquiet Chamber to Learn How They Hear Without Ears

Aishwarya Sriram , Carol Miles, Ronald Miles, and Sara Aghazadeh

Japan Is Launching a Probe to Collect the First-Ever Samples From a Martian Moon

Is It Cheese?

Japan Is Launching a Probe to Collect the First-Ever Samples From a Martian Moon

Ritsuko Kawai

How an Orangutan Breeding Program Is Creating a Baby Boom

Awwww

How an Orangutan Breeding Program Is Creating a Baby Boom

Caroline Reilly