Why It’s Taking LA So Long to Rebuild After the Wildfires
Reforming California’s environmental rules is only a small step to rebuilding Los Angeles after the fires in January.
Einstein Showed That Time Is Relative. But … Why Is It?
The mind-bending concept of time dilation results from a seemingly harmless assumption—that the speed of light is the same for all observers.
Where Are All the AI Drugs?
In an industry where 90 percent of drug candidates fail before reaching the market, a handful of startups are betting everything on AI to beat the odds.
NASA won’t publish key climate change report online, citing ‘no legal obligation’ to do so
NASA will not host the U.S. government's primary climate assessment reports on its website after all, despite a White House claim that they would be available via the space agency.
Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?
The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid doing so now.
Trump and the Energy Industry Are Eager to Power AI With Fossil Fuels
At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.
The Structure of Ice in Space Is Neither Order nor Chaos—It’s Both
Long thought to be completely disordered, space ice appears to have some crystallized regions, new research suggests.
For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time
One computer scientist’s “stunning” proof is the first progress in 50 years on one of the most famous questions in computer science.
Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
A team of astronomers recently discovered the traveling space object, just the third of its kind to pass through our solar system.
How to Use Clean Energy Tax Credits Before They Disappear
There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable.