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Why Jolly Ranchers Are Banned in the UK but Not the US

Hard to Swallow

Why Jolly Ranchers Are Banned in the UK but Not the US

Alex Christian

On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else

Pollution

On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else

Ricardo Hernández

How the Binding of Two Brain Molecules Creates Memories That Last a Lifetime

Neuroscience

How the Binding of Two Brain Molecules Creates Memories That Last a Lifetime

Ajdina Halilovic

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas

Extreme Weather

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas

Molly Taft

Is It Time to Stop Protecting the Grizzly Bear?

Conservation

Is It Time to Stop Protecting the Grizzly Bear?

Christine Peterson

The EU Proposes New Rules to Govern the European Space Race

Law of the Stars

The EU Proposes New Rules to Govern the European Space Race

Fernanda González

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Leave Millions Without Health Insurance

Trumpcare

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Leave Millions Without Health Insurance

Emily Mullin

Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI

Turbine Tension

Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI

Molly Taft

Insurers Aren’t Saying Whether They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids if Government Stops Recommending Them

Say It Ain’t So

Insurers Aren’t Saying Whether They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids if Government Stops Recommending Them

Elisa Muyl

How to Travel to the Most Remote Office on Earth

Snow Days

How to Travel to the Most Remote Office on Earth

Mitch Moxley

Feeling Hoarse? You Might Have the New ‘Stratus’ Covid Variant

Infectious Disease

Feeling Hoarse? You Might Have the New ‘Stratus’ Covid Variant

Marta Musso

The Senate Just Put Clean Energy for AI in the Crosshairs

Big Beautiful Bill

The Senate Just Put Clean Energy for AI in the Crosshairs

Molly Taft

Student Solves a Long-Standing Problem About the Limits of Addition

Math

Student Solves a Long-Standing Problem About the Limits of Addition

Leila Sloman

Climate Crisis

The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long

Umair Irfan

Space Elevators Could Totally Work—if Earth Days Were Much Shorter

Dot Physics

Space Elevators Could Totally Work—if Earth Days Were Much Shorter

Rhett Allain

The Next Acetaminophen Tablet You Take Could Be Made From PET

Drug Stuff

The Next Acetaminophen Tablet You Take Could Be Made From PET

Fernanda González

‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

On the Line

‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

A European Startup’s Spacecraft Made It to Orbit. Now It’s Lost at Sea

Splash Down

A European Startup’s Spacecraft Made It to Orbit. Now It’s Lost at Sea

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

Space Weed

Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

Sarah Sinclair

The Largest Camera Ever Built Releases Its First Images of the Cosmos

Seeing Stars

The Largest Camera Ever Built Releases Its First Images of the Cosmos

Jay Bennett