A strengthening El Niño may surpass any seen since the 19th century and will usher in another record hot year or two
What you need to know about West Nile virus
The mosquito-borne illness has sickened hundreds of people this year
‘Earth-like’ exoplanets may exist—but we don’t know of any yet
Claiming an exoplanet to be “Earth-like” is a trend that needs to bite the dust
The national debt is $40 trillion. What does that mean mathematically?
An investigation into the incomprehensibly, unfathomably large amount of money the U.S. owes
What happened when people with anorexia tried magic mushrooms
Researchers are exploring whether magic mushrooms could offer a new treatment for anorexia
China’s solar power rollout is harming birds, a new analysis finds
A new study finds that China’s solar energy boom is hurting bird diversity
Physicists pinpoint the perfect crystal site for an ultra-accurate nuclear clock
Growing crystals “like alchemy,” researchers plotted out the ideal site within the lattice to build a nuclear clock
Europe’s summer of wildfires is just a taste of what’s to come
The area of Europe affected by wildfires is due to triple, a new study finds
Orbital data centers could transform our night sky forever
Without drastic interventions, data centers in space could disrupt scientific observations and fragile ecosystems by adding almost innumerable new “stars” to the heavens above
Life’s ‘last universal common ancestor’ may predate life itself
A groundbreaking study hints at a hazy boundary between “life” and “non-life,” as well as two distinct origins of biology on Earth