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An Ancient Penis Worm With Rings of Sharp Teeth Has Been Discovered in the Grand Canyon

Cutting Edge

An Ancient Penis Worm With Rings of Sharp Teeth Has Been Discovered in the Grand Canyon

Marta Abbà

The West Texas Measles Outbreak Has Ended

Public Health

The West Texas Measles Outbreak Has Ended

Emily Mullin

The End of Handwriting

Flipped Script

The End of Handwriting

Angela Watercutter

The Plan to Turn the Caribbean’s Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel

Green Energy

The Plan to Turn the Caribbean’s Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel

Edith González Cruz

What Is the Electric Constant and Why Should You Care?

Dot Physics

What Is the Electric Constant and Why Should You Care?

Rhett Allain

AI Is Designing Bizarre New Physics Experiments That Actually Work

AI Is Designing Bizarre New Physics Experiments That Actually Work

Anil Ananthaswamy

UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure

No End in Sight

UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure

Joseph Winters

Now You Can Get Your Flu Vaccine at Home

No Excuses

Now You Can Get Your Flu Vaccine at Home

Emily Mullin

RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

Public Health

RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

Emily Mullin

This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

Cosmic Horseshoe

This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

Jorge Garay

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

Pollution

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

Andrea J. Arratibel

An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

Brain Training

An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

Emily Mullin

The Black Market for Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, Study Warns

Shortcut to Success

The Black Market for Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, Study Warns

Fernanda González

Geometry

This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up

Elise Cutts

Private Companies Are Now Gathering Weather Data for NOAA

Winds of Change

Private Companies Are Now Gathering Weather Data for NOAA

Meg Wilcox

Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Nuclear Power

Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Becky Ferreira

Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results

No Shot

Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results

Emily Mullin

NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations

Reprogrammed

NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

See 6 Planets Align in the Night Sky This August

Look Up

See 6 Planets Align in the Night Sky This August

Gretchen Rundorff

Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors

Nuclear War

Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors

Elizabeth Chappell