What the Amazon vs. SpaceX Satellite Mega Constellation War Means for Earth
Amazon has launched its first operational Project Kuiper satellites in its attempt to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink—but experts remain concerned about space debris and astronomy
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How Trump’s EPA Plans to Undo the Scientific Justification for Climate Rules
Trump’s NOAA Has Downplayed an Alarming Finding: CO₂ Surged Last Year
Science Isn’t about Domination. It’s about Democracy
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Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll
Building Intelligent Machines Helps Us Learn How Our Brain Works
God Chatbots Offer Spiritual Insights on Demand. What Could Go Wrong?
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How to Find Hidden Nature in Any Urban Park Near You
Misunderstood and Maligned Snakes Are Worthy Of Our Sympathy
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Why Some Animals Live for Only Days and Others Live for Thousands of Years
Scientists are studying why some species live so much longer than others
This Impossible New Color Is So Rare That Only Five People Have Seen It
Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it
Prime Number Mystery Is Key to Magic: The Gathering Card Game Strategy
The popular fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering has a new card related to prime numbers. Now fans are trying to use it to tackle one of the biggest problems in mathematics
Ancient DNA Reveals Phoenicians’ Surprising Ancestry
Phoenician civilization spread its culture and alphabet across the Mediterranean but not, evidently, its DNA
The New Tornado Alley Has Been Hyperactive this Year
More tornadoes than usual have already struck the U.S. in 2025—and many of them have been touching down farther east than they had in the past
Mathematicians Crack 125-Year-Old Problem, Unite Three Physics Theories
A breakthrough in Hilbert’s sixth problem is a major step in grounding physics in math
