Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies
A startup has created beagles without the gene that causes runny noses and watery eyes for allergy sufferers.
Cougars Lower the Risks of Car Crashes by Hunting Deer
A new study shows how the big cats cause deer to move away from roads and deeper into the forest, where they pose less of a hazard to motorists.
A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals
Nobody likes getting a swab shoved up their nose. A startup in Japan has developed a much less intrusive system.
How Data Centers Broke American Politics
What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.
The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases
The risk of more debris hitting the moon is on the rise as the space race heats up.
The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos
From how galaxies form to the beginnings of the universe, the images from the space telescope are giving cosmologists new data to explore—and theories to build out.
There Are 2 Eclipses This August. Here’s How to See Them
Everything you need to know about the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse that will occur in August 2026.
China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem
More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality.
Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time
A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and “blurring the lines between stars, planets, and moons.”
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth
The impact will kick up a plume of debris so high, it’ll likely be visible through some telescopes. Astronomers will be watching.