Can Tesla’s Cybercab Share the Road with America’s Myth of the Highway?
For more than a century, cars have meant freedom, escape and self-reinvention to Americans. Now Tesla’s forthcoming Cybercab makes us ask whether we can have the romance of the open road without actually driving it
First Near-Complete Denisovan Skull Reveals What This Ancient Human Cousin Looked Like
Here’s How Plastic Bag Bans Are Working
What Most Men Don’t Know about the Risks of Testosterone Therapy
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Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?
How Does a Gravitational Slingshot Work?
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The Secret to the Strongest Force in the Universe
Why Aren’t We Made of Antimatter?
Exercise Isn’t Just for Your Muscles—It’s Great for Your Gut, Too
RFK, Jr., Fires CDC Vaccine Panel, Oceans Are Acidifying, and Pangolins Face Newly Understood Threat
These Hamster Dads Are a Cut above the Rest
Animal Lifespans Offer Clues about the Science of Aging
Why This Is the Only Bomb That Could Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Bunker—Under 300 Feet of Rock
American military engineers designed the GBU-57/B bomb to devastate deeply buried bunkers without radioactive fallout. It’s the only nonnuclear weapon that can reach Iran’s hardest target
Mathematicians Come Up with ‘Mind-Blowing’ Method for Defining Prime Numbers
Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also connecting two areas of math in an unexpected way
Your Brain Is Glowing, and Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why
Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition
Who Would Take the Brunt of an Attack on U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos?
These fallout maps show the toll of a potential nuclear attack on missile silos in the U.S. heartland
Denmark’s Radical Archaeology Experiment Is Paying Off in Gold and Knowledge
The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing the country’s past in extraordinary detail
First Near-Complete Denisovan Skull Reveals What This Ancient Human Cousin Looked Like
A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque
