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Vaping Is ‘Everywhere’ in Schools—Sparking a Bathroom Surveillance Boom

Watch Potty

Vaping Is ‘Everywhere’ in Schools—Sparking a Bathroom Surveillance Boom

Mark Keierleber

Valar Atomics Says It’s the First Nuclear Startup to Achieve Criticality

Safety First

Valar Atomics Says It’s the First Nuclear Startup to Achieve Criticality

Molly Taft

A Collision With Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit

Lost in Space

A Collision With Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

How Genes Have Harnessed Physics to Grow Living Things

Biophysics

How Genes Have Harnessed Physics to Grow Living Things

Anna Demming

An Invasive Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Spread to the Rocky Mountains

Infectious Disease

An Invasive Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Spread to the Rocky Mountains

Erin Douglas

The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived

The New Pollution

The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived

Molly Taft

Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

Emily Mullin

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Really Make the Days Longer?

Dot Physics

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Really Make the Days Longer?

Rhett Allain

British Churches Are Putting Their Faith in Heat Pumps

Faith in Technology

British Churches Are Putting Their Faith in Heat Pumps

Chris Baraniuk

The Physics of the Northern Lights

Dot Physics

The Physics of the Northern Lights

Rhett Allain

If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go

Artificial Intelligence

If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go

Molly Taft

The First Radio Signal From Comet 3I/Atlas Ends the Debate About Its Nature

Interstellar

The First Radio Signal From Comet 3I/Atlas Ends the Debate About Its Nature

Javier Carbajal

The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift

Book Excerpt

The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift

Mary Roach

The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves

Mathematical Physics

The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves

Joseph Howlett

A Gene-Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half

Crispr For All

A Gene-Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half

Emily Mullin

Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive

Climate

Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive

Umair Irfan

Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of Knots

Knot Theory

Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of Knots

Leila Sloman

How to Follow the Trajectory of Comet 3I/Atlas

Watch Party

How to Follow the Trajectory of Comet 3I/Atlas

Jorge Garay

Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Are Here

Dementia

Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Are Here

Simone Valesini

A New Type of Opioid Is Killing People in the US, Europe, and Australia

Drugs

A New Type of Opioid Is Killing People in the US, Europe, and Australia

Simone Valesini