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Can You Strike Out a Major League Player by Pitching Super Slow?

Dot Physics

Can You Strike Out a Major League Player by Pitching Super Slow?

Rhett Allain

Heat Waves Are Unleashing a Deadly but Overlooked Pollutant

Hot Air

Heat Waves Are Unleashing a Deadly but Overlooked Pollutant

Sushmita Pathak

Celestial Outbursts

The Tiny Physics Behind Immense Cosmic Eruptions

Zack Savitsky

Are You Ready for ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling?

Pipe Dream

Are You Ready for ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling?

Jim Robbins

The UK Is a Hot Country. It’s Time to Build Like It

Hot Property

The UK Is a Hot Country. It’s Time to Build Like It

Matt Reynolds

Psychedelic Therapy Is Here. Just Don’t Call It Therapy

Oregon Trial

Psychedelic Therapy Is Here. Just Don’t Call It Therapy

Grace Browne

How to Survive a Devastating Earthquake—and Firestorm

READY TO RUMBLE

How to Survive a Devastating Earthquake—and Firestorm

Cody Cassidy

The Psychedelic Scientist Who Sends Brains Back to Childhood

altered egos

The Psychedelic Scientist Who Sends Brains Back to Childhood

Rachel Nuwer

Gentle Brain Stimulation Can Improve Memory During Sleep

Power Nap

Gentle Brain Stimulation Can Improve Memory During Sleep

Maggie Chen

Satellites Keep Photobombing Space Images. Astronomers Need a Fix

Night Vision

Satellites Keep Photobombing Space Images. Astronomers Need a Fix

Ramin Skibba

Bees Get All the Love. Won’t Someone Think of the Moths?

Air Support

Bees Get All the Love. Won’t Someone Think of the Moths?

Matt Simon

What the Scientists Who Pioneered Weight-Loss Drugs Want You to Know

Ozempic

What the Scientists Who Pioneered Weight-Loss Drugs Want You to Know

Matt Reynolds

Hyperdimensional Computing Reimagines Artificial Intelligence

Hypervectors

Hyperdimensional Computing Reimagines Artificial Intelligence

Anil Ananthaswamy

Many Newly Discovered Species Are Already Gone

Silent Extinctions

Many Newly Discovered Species Are Already Gone

Katarina Zimmer

How to Check the Air Quality Near You

Dirty Breeze

How to Check the Air Quality Near You

Reece Rogers

Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Are Trying to Stage a Comeback

Make Waves

Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Are Trying to Stage a Comeback

Chris Baraniuk

The Kakhovka Dam Collapse Is an Ecological Disaster

Ecocide

The Kakhovka Dam Collapse Is an Ecological Disaster

Chris Baraniuk

This Artificial Muscle Moves Stuff on Its Own

Weird Flex

This Artificial Muscle Moves Stuff on Its Own

Max G. Levy

Ocean Currents Are Slowing, With Potentially Devastating Effects

Oceans Day

Ocean Currents Are Slowing, With Potentially Devastating Effects

Bianca Nogrady

The Age of Flames Reaches the US East Coast

Code Red

The Age of Flames Reaches the US East Coast

Matt Simon and Amanda Hoover