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National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues

Shaky Foundation

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues

Kim Zetter

Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing

Ex-Rays

Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing

Geraldine Castro

A ‘Teleportation’ Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here

take a leap

A ‘Teleportation’ Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here

Jorge Garay

Book Smart

This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection

Steve Nadis

For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess

Climate Policy

For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess

Christine Wiedinmyer and Kari Bowen

Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War

Rare Earth

Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War

Maddie Stone

A Nose-Computer Interface Could Turn Dogs Into Super Detectors

Sniff Test

A Nose-Computer Interface Could Turn Dogs Into Super Detectors

Emily Mullin

This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike

Future Impact

This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike

Jorge Garay

Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists

Sick Thoughts

Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists

Justin Ling

California’s Problem Now Isn’t Fire—It’s Rain

Weather

California’s Problem Now Isn’t Fire—It’s Rain

Eric Holthaus

How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out

Lasting Solution

How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out

Chris Baraniuk

Your Love Life on Ozempic

Love Bytes

Your Love Life on Ozempic

Emily Mullin

It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches

Heating Up

It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches

Shigeyuki Hando

NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’

deep cut

NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’

Matt Reynolds and Emily Mullin

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Support Network

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Veronique Greenwood

Why People Act So Weirdly at Airports

Feeling Flighty

Why People Act So Weirdly at Airports

Steve Taylor

The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk

Public Health

The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk

Taiwo Hassan

Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change

Policy

Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change

Jake Bittle

How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World

Finders Keepers

How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World

Helen Gordon

Donald Trump's NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal

science club

Donald Trump's NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal

Emily Mullin and Matt Reynolds