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The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse

Ice Breakers

The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse

Ritsuko Kawai

Brain Gear Is the Hot New Wearable

EXPIRED/TIRED/WIRED

Brain Gear Is the Hot New Wearable

Emily Mullin

Research Reveals the Optimal Way to Optimize

Algorithms

Research Reveals the Optimal Way to Optimize

Steve Nadis

Trump’s Agriculture Bailout Is Alienating His MAHA Base

Sowing Discord

Trump’s Agriculture Bailout Is Alienating His MAHA Base

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit

Brain Waves

Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit

Emily Mullin

Americans Are Increasingly Convinced That Aliens Have Visited Earth

Wisdom of the Crowd

Americans Are Increasingly Convinced That Aliens Have Visited Earth

Becky Ferreira

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance

Big Batteries

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance

Chris Baraniuk

How to Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower—the Last of the Year

Shooting Stars

How to Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower—the Last of the Year

Gretchen Rundorff

Former Neuralink Exec Launches Organ Preservation Effort

Life Support

Former Neuralink Exec Launches Organ Preservation Effort

Emily Mullin

New Head of Trump’s Cancer Panel Speculated About Links Between Vaccines and Cancer

Public Health

New Head of Trump’s Cancer Panel Speculated About Links Between Vaccines and Cancer

David Gilbert

Radiation-Detection Systems Are Quietly Running in the Background All Around You

Background Checks

Radiation-Detection Systems Are Quietly Running in the Background All Around You

Chris Baraniuk

How Do Astronomers Find Planets in Other Solar Systems?

Dot Physics

How Do Astronomers Find Planets in Other Solar Systems?

Rhett Allain

For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert

Artificial Intelligence

For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert

Steve Nadis

Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country

Storm Surge

Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country

Anika Jane Beamer

People Are Already Taking This Unapproved New Weight-Loss Drug

Triple G

People Are Already Taking This Unapproved New Weight-Loss Drug

John Semley

RFK Jr.’s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men’s Health Initiative

MMHA

RFK Jr.’s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men’s Health Initiative

Emily Mullin

How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sank Without a Trace

Sinking Feeling

How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sank Without a Trace

Alexandra Talty

Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination

Patchwork

Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination

Emily Mullin

‘It Was Nuts’: The Extreme Tests that Show Why Hail Is a Multibillion-Dollar Problem

Hail No

‘It Was Nuts’: The Extreme Tests that Show Why Hail Is a Multibillion-Dollar Problem

Chris Baraniuk

Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water

Body Politic

Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water

David Ferry