Category: Technology
How does VA help identify cybersecurity weaknesses?
Businesses today face increasing cybersecurity threats that target networks, applications, cloud systems, and sensitive data. To reduce these risks, organisations use va methods to identify[more...]
Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
“There’s now policy certainty that we didn’t have before,” she adds. “Last but not least, the private sector is not only interested in using space[more...]
Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results
An experimental pill made by Eli Lilly led to average weight loss of more than 12 percent of body weight in individuals with obesity, according[more...]
Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors
The mushroom cloud was visible from the hills of neighboring prefectures. Those who were beyond the immediate blast radius may not have shown any external[more...]
See 6 Planets Align in the Night Sky This August
On August 10, six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets—Mercury, Venus,[more...]
US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles Out OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush
The report says that data from acoustic sensors and strain gauges on board indicated that the hull had suffered a delamination after a dive to[more...]
How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra
Quantum computing is interesting. It’s really a wonderful area for research, but my feeling is we have a long way to go. Today we have[more...]
Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
There are more than a hundred ways to prepare a potato, and thousands of stories have begun with a shot of vodka distilled from this[more...]
The Hyperflexible People Who May Help Unlock Better Sleep Apnea Treatments
But the search for such a pill—or indeed any treatment as effective as CPAP—has proved challenging. Dozens of drugs have failed to show efficacy in[more...]
AC or DC: Which Is Better?
Your gadgets run on direct current, but the electricity in your home is alternating current. What’s up with that?
Efforts to Ground Physics in Math Are Opening the Secrets of Time
Now, three mathematicians have finally provided such a result. Their work not only represents a major advance in Hilbert’s program, but also taps into questions[more...]
Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams
Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light when dyed multiple times, according[more...]
Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ quarterly survey of over 130 oil and gas producers based in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, conducted in June,[more...]
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV cure, could children hold the answers?Starting in[more...]
The Grave Long-Term Effects of the Gaza Malnutrition Crisis
The moment Merry Fitzpatrick realized that Gaza’s malnutrition crisis had progressed to a newer and deadlier phase was when surgeons at the few hospitals still[more...]
States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines
With US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are stepping in to preserve access[more...]
Measles Cases Are Soaring in Mexico
The spread of measles is showing no signs of slowing down in Mexico. Between July 21 and 25, the country’s number of confirmed infections in[more...]
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
“The Climate Working Group and the Energy Department look forward to engaging with substantive comments following the conclusion of the 30-day comment period,” Woods wrote.[more...]
What Your Nighttime Breathing Says About Your Health
Notably, the research showed that apnea can manifest differently in REM sleep: “A lot of the memory consolidation and emotional regulation … happens during REM,”[more...]
The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid
More than five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still discovering the after-effects of not only the virus but also the[more...]
Animals Are the Original Wellness Influencers
In the early 2010s, researchers in Mexico City noticed that sparrows and finches at the national university were lacing their nests with cigarette butts. The[more...]
There’s Neuralink—and There’s the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It
Mark Jackson is playing a computer game with his mind. As he reclines in bed, three blue circles appear on a laptop screen a few[more...]
This Star System Contains 5 Potentially Habitable Planets
A team of astronomers from the University of Montreal has discovered a new potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star L 98-59, 35 light-years[more...]
An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the Treatment to the US
Liu has been making the solution in his rented apartment in Beijing by mixing citric acid with sodium chlorite, according to an account he shared[more...]
A ‘Grand Unified Theory’ of Math Just Got a Little Bit Closer
“We mostly believe that all the conjectures are true, but it’s so exciting to see it actually realized,” said Ana Caraiani, a mathematician at Imperial[more...]
The ICJ Rules That Failing to Combat Climate Change Could Violate International Law
If a country fails to take decisive action to protect the planet from climate change, it could be breaking international law and be held liable[more...]
The Texas Floods Were a Preview of What’s to Come
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The country watched in horror as torrential rain drenched Texas earlier this[more...]
Join Our Next Livestream: Inside Katie Drummond’s Viral Interview With Bryan Johnson
What does it mean to be healthy in 2025? Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who’s well known for his extreme attempts to slow[more...]
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
“When combined with other Pacific pathways to Australia and New Zealand, nearly 4 percent of the population could migrate each year,” says Jane McAdam, a[more...]
The Very Real Case for Brain-Computer Implants
Lauren Goode: Yeah, I think it's going to be really good.Michael Calore: Yeah.Lauren Goode: And also that means Katie still has time to run WIRED,[more...]
Florida Is Now a Haven for Unproven Stem-Cell Treatments
Florida is the latest state to sidestep the authority of the Food and Drug Administration by allowing patients to access certain stem-cell treatments that have[more...]
A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency
You can add another name to the thousands of employees leaving NASA as the Trump administration primes the space agency for a 25 percent budget[more...]
South Korea Plans to Build a Base on the Moon
China, India, and Japan are not the only countries on the Asian continent looking to establish themselves in the fledgling space economy. South Korea also[more...]
The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life
After my birth, my mother became allergic to the world. That’s the only way I knew how to put it. So many things could set[more...]
Newly Discovered ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Could Prove How Ancient Supermassive Black Holes Formed
A team of astronomers have discovered a curious figure in the universe. It is two distant galaxies colliding with each other to form a larger[more...]
EPA Employees Still in the Dark as Agency Dismantles Scientific Research Office
Several EPA scientists stressed to WIRED that ORD’s current structure, which allows research to happen independent of the policy-making that occurs in other parts of[more...]
How Trump Killed Cancer Research
When donald trump moved back into the White House, the United States was years into its Cancer Moonshot, a multibillion-dollar Democratic effort to halve cancer[more...]
The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity
The world of Bousso’s new theorem still departs from our universe in notable ways. For mathematical convenience, he assumed that there’s an unlimited variety of[more...]
Why It’s Taking LA So Long to Rebuild After the Wildfires
This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the wake of the record-breaking wildfires in Los Angeles in January—some[more...]
Einstein Showed That Time Is Relative. But … Why Is It?
Nope, NOT 20 m/s. To them the ball is moving at 30 m/s (i.e., 10 + 20). So much for common sense. The difference arises[more...]
Trump and the Energy Industry Are Eager to Power AI With Fossil Fuels
The industry is finding a willing partner in the Trump administration. Since taking office, Trump has used AI as a lever to open up opportunities[more...]
Where Are All the AI Drugs?
A new drug usually starts with a tragedy.Peter Ray knows that. Born in what is now Zimbabwe, the child of a mechanic and a radiology[more...]
Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?
The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300 cases in 40 states as of July 16.[more...]
The Structure of Ice in Space Is Neither Order nor Chaos—It’s Both
Ice is a key component in the universe. There are frozen water molecules on comets, moons, exoplanets, and in your drink as you cool off[more...]
For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time
That classic result was a way to transform any algorithm with a given time budget into a new algorithm with a slightly smaller space budget.[more...]
Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
On July 2, NASA revealed the existence of 3I/ATLAS, only the third ever interstellar object observed in the universe. These are objects that exist in[more...]
How to Use Clean Energy Tax Credits Before They Disappear
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The “one big beautiful bill” that President Donald Trump signed into law[more...]
A Giant Planet and a Small Star Are Shaking Up Conventional Cosmological Theory
Many of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy are small, dim red dwarfs—stars much smaller than the sun in both size and mass. TOI-6894,[more...]
Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
To play polo at the highest level, you have to love horses or be filthy rich. Ideally both. A team might field around 40 ponies[more...]
Dr. ChatGPT Will See You Now
And even if it is right, an AI agent can’t complement the information it provides with the knowledge physicians gain through experience, says fertility doctor[more...]
Scientists Succeed in Reversing Parkinson’s Symptoms in Mice
“All of the mice we treated showed dramatic improvement in their motor skills. The results exceeded our expectations and suggest that, after further study, this[more...]
China Has Attempted What Might Be the First-Ever Orbital Refueling of a Satellite
Northrop Grumman launched two satellites in 2019 and 2020 that accomplished the first dockings in geosynchronous orbit. Northrop’s satellites, which it calls Mission Extension Vehicles,[more...]
Conspiracy Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats
Over 100 people have now been confirmed to have lost their lives in the flash flooding that hit homes and camps along the edge of[more...]
On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else
The fishermen of Puerto Morelos, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, risk their lives every time they head out to sea to fish or dive for lobsters.[more...]
Why Jolly Ranchers Are Banned in the UK but Not the US
Adopted in 1958, the GRAS exemption was intended to cover the use of commonplace ingredients, explains Jensen Jose, regulatory counsel for the nonprofit watchdog Center[more...]
Is It Time to Stop Protecting the Grizzly Bear?
But the ESA was only meant to safeguard against “reasonably foreseeable future threats,” Willms argues. Congress has the ability to protect species indefinitely—like it did[more...]
How the Binding of Two Brain Molecules Creates Memories That Last a Lifetime
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.When Todd Sacktor was about to turn 3, his 4-year-old sister died of leukemia. “An empty[more...]
Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas
“The signal was out there that this is going to be a heavy, significant rainfall event,” says Vagasky. “But pinpointing exactly where that’s going to[more...]
The EU Proposes New Rules to Govern the European Space Race
There are around 11,000 satellites orbiting Earth, and it is estimated that at least 50,000 more will be launched in the next decade. There are[more...]
How to Travel to the Most Remote Office on Earth
The plane is a Hercules C-130, super impressive. You arrive on this little bus, and you see this monstrous plane, and you enter through the[more...]
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Leave Millions Without Health Insurance
Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending package, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” paving the way for a[more...]
Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI
A local health department in Memphis has granted Elon Musk’s xAI data center an air permit to continue operating the gas turbines that power the[more...]
Insurers Aren’t Saying Whether They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids if Government Stops Recommending Them
“We are committed to ongoing coverage of vaccines to ensure access and affordability for this respiratory virus season,” the statement continued. “We encourage all Americans[more...]
Feeling Hoarse? You Might Have the New ‘Stratus’ Covid Variant
Another NEW covid variant is currently rapidly gaining a foothold. Known officially as XFG—or informally as “Stratus”—it has been declared a “variant under monitoring” by[more...]
The Senate Just Put Clean Energy for AI in the Crosshairs
After more than a day of continuous debate, the US Senate passed its version of the budget megabill Tuesday afternoon—with potentially disastrous implications for the[more...]
Student Solves a Long-Standing Problem About the Limits of Addition
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.The simplest ideas in mathematics can also be the most perplexing.Take addition. It’s a straightforward operation:[more...]
The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long
This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Globally, humanity is producing more food than ever, but that harvest is[more...]
The Next Acetaminophen Tablet You Take Could Be Made From PET
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have succeeded in transforming certain plastic waste into acetaminophen using the natural properties of the common bacterium Escherichia coli[more...]
Space Elevators Could Totally Work—if Earth Days Were Much Shorter
Suppose you could speed up Earth’s rotation so that a day was only half as long? What would happen? Well, for starters we’d have to[more...]
‘They’re Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
During visits in recent months, Emelie says her husband, who was detained at Stewart until he was deported last month, described severe overcrowding. "He told[more...]
A European Startup’s Spacecraft Made It to Orbit. Now It’s Lost at Sea
A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step forward this week with a test flight that[more...]
India Is Using AI and Satellites to Map Urban Heat Vulnerability Down to the Building Level
“The more granular your data, the more targeted your response can be,” Krishna adds. Instead of generic advisories like “drink more water,” localized data could[more...]
The Largest Camera Ever Built Releases Its First Images of the Cosmos
Perched atop the Cerro Pachón mountain in Chile, 8,684 feet high in the Atacama Desert, where the dry air creates some of the best conditions[more...]
Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space
He’s also not the only researcher working to expose plants to higher radiation levels than previously studied. Porterfield, who is one of the scientists working[more...]
How to Beat Jet Lag
As ultra-long-haul routes take flight, plane-lighting hacks and meal planning could help passengers recover faster.
How the Universe and Its Mirrored Version Are Different
Kitty couldn’t have digested looking-glass milk. Worse, if it had contained any bacteria with the opposite handedness, her immune system and antibiotics would have been[more...]
Methane Pollution Has Cheap, Effective Solutions That Aren’t Being Used
And because methane is invisible and odorless, it can be difficult and expensive to monitor it and prevent it from getting out. As a result,[more...]
Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Appears to Work as Well as Injected GLP-1s
Eli Lilly’s daily anti-obesity pill orforglipron appears to be as good at spurring weight loss and lowering blood sugar in diabetes patients as popular injectable[more...]
The FDA Just Approved a Long-Lasting Injection to Prevent HIV
The US Food and Drug Administration has just approved lenacapavir, an injectable form of HIV prevention that is almost 100 percent effective and requires only[more...]
‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion
Musk wrote that the nitrogen COPV appears to have failed below its proof pressure, within conditions that should not have damaged the tank. “If further[more...]
RFK Jr.’s Appointees to CDC Vaccine Panel Are Not Good
Anti-vaccine advocate and current Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to social media Wednesday to announce the names of eight people he is appointing[more...]
How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying
“People are often curious about how much energy a ChatGPT query uses,” Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, wrote in an aside in a long[more...]
The EPA Plans to ‘Reconsider’ Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents that it is backpedaling on a ban on[more...]
US Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday upheld the state of Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.In a 6–3 decision in United States[more...]
Scientists Discover the Key to Axolotls’ Ability to Regenerate Limbs
In his current research, there are still gaps to be filled: how the CYP26B1 gradient is regulated, how retinoic acid connects to the Shox gene,[more...]
A New Obesity Pill May Burn Fat Without Suppressing Appetite
While injected GLP-1 drugs are incredibly effective at spurring weight loss, they also come with some downsides. There can be gastrointestinal side effects and loss[more...]
This Historian Has Seen the Future of Trans Health Care
Gill-Peterson’s work has illustrated for Branstetter the narrowing effect that identity-first politics can have at a time when “we need solidarity across difference,” she says.[more...]
The Mysterious Inner Workings of Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon
Crucially, unlike Io’s odd magnetic field, which seemed to indicate that it concealed an ocean’s worth of fluid, Europa’s own Galileo-era magnetic signal remains robust.[more...]
WHO Monitors New Covid Variant Spreading in America and Europe
A new Covid variant is being kept under surveillance by the World Health Organization (WHO) as its emergence has led to an increase in infections[more...]
This Chinese Spacecraft Is Traveling to One of Earth’s Quasi-Moons
The China National Space Administration has shared the first image from its Tianwen-2 probe, which is en route to Kamo‘oalewa, a near-Earth asteroid.The image was[more...]
Wood Pellet Mills Are Prone to Catching Fire. Why Build Them in California?
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Wood pellets, by design, are highly flammable. The small pieces of compressed[more...]
Are Those Viral ‘Cooling Blankets’ for Real?
Touch both objects. They’re the same temperature, but the wood feels warmer, right? Why is that? It's not about temperature but thermal energy. When your[more...]
‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US
Unlike a linear taper, which involves reducing the dose of a medication by the same amount each time, a hyperbolic taper gradually slows the rate[more...]
Congress Demands Answers on Data Privacy Ahead of 23andMe Sale
US Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jan Schakowsky on Thursday sent letters to the two potential buyers of troubled genetic testing firm 23andMe demanding details about[more...]
The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency moved to roll back emissions standards for power plants, the second-largest source of CO2 emissions in the country, on Wednesday,[more...]
Astronomers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Unlock the Secrets of Black Holes
There may not yet be telescopes capable of unlocking all the secrets of supermassive black holes, but AI is now on the case. Recently, an[more...]
A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers
“I think it’s the right policy, for us to take a national standard,” they said.While the intent of the AI moratorium may not have been[more...]
What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body
A 2014 study by the US military has also found that exposure to tear gas and pepper spray make people vulnerable to respiratory infections in[more...]
A New Law of Nature Attempts to Explain the Complexity of the Universe
Kauffman argues that biological evolution is thus constantly creating not just new types of organisms but new possibilities for organisms, ones that not only did[more...]
Uber Just Reinvented the Bus … Again
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Every few years, a Silicon Valley gig-economy company announces a “disruptive” innovation[more...]
How to Prepare for a Climate Disaster in Trump’s America
In your go bag, FEMA recommends packing three days’ worth of food and water, physical maps of local areas, a change of clothing, and copies[more...]
How One Keto Trial Set Off a New War in the Nutrition World
While the study was still in the recruitment phase, Nadolsky left the team.Entrenched PositionsKlatt, of UC Berkeley, is extremely well-versed in nutrition research and the[more...]
Astronomers Have Detected a Galaxy Millions of Years Older Than Any Previously Observed
With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has broken the record for the oldest, most distant galaxy detected to[more...]
A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person
Brain-computer-interface startup Paradromics today announced that surgeons successfully inserted the company’s brain implant into a patient and safely removed it after about 10 minutes.It’s a[more...]
How to Make AI Faster and Smarter—With a Little Help from Physics
What exactly is AI Scientist—just a fancy kind of neural net?It’s not a single neural network, but rather an ensemble of computer programs that can[more...]
Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar
Why is this conflict happening? The short version is that Trump and his advisers believe that tariffs will help the US economy by encouraging construction[more...]
Hummingbirds Are Evolving to Adapt to Life With Humans
Some species of hummingbird are adapting to urban life by undergoing evolutionary changes in their anatomy, influenced by the proliferation of artificial drinking fountains. According[more...]
Is Using a Stair Machine the Same as Climbing Stairs?
Since the change in kinetic energy is still zero, this means that the positive change in gravitational potential energy is equal to the negative of[more...]
Starship’s Latest Test Reveals New Problems for SpaceX to Solve
SpaceX made some progress on another test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket Tuesday, finally overcoming technical problems that plagued the program’s two previous[more...]
The Plan to Send Plant-Filled ‘Gardens’ Into Orbit
She imagines industrial activity in space, freeing up land on Earth. Hollywood directors shooting films in orbit. And botanists traveling back and forth to check[more...]
Mushroom Supplements Are the Biohackers’ Latest Fix (2025)
From ancient remedies to your Amazon cart, mushroom supplements have traveled a circuitous road. They nourish the body, enhance the mind, and occasionally poison the[more...]
A New Study Reveals the Makeup of Uranus’ Atmosphere
Over that period, the research team watched as the south polar region darkened going into winter and the north polar region brightened as summer approached.[more...]
The Milky Way Has a Mysterious ‘Broken Bone’
If you look at the Milky Way through a powerful telescope, you’ll notice that close to the center of the galaxy there are elongated filaments[more...]
Why Women With Type 2 Diabetes Are Diagnosed Later Than Men
Statistically, men are more likely than women to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with about 18 million more men living with the condition worldwide.[more...]
The Quest to Prove the Existence of a New Type of Quantum Particle
When you swap two paraparticles, these hidden properties change in tandem. As an analogy, imagine that these properties are colors. Start with two paraparticles, one[more...]
Want to Claim the Solar Tax Credit? Get Installing Now
This story originally appeared Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.For the last two decades, homeowners have been able to claim thousands of[more...]
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand[more...]
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
The remaining staff are in an “all hands on deck” situation with the rollout, says Brett Howe, the former geodetic services division chief at NGS,[more...]
The Enhanced Games Has a Date, a Host City, and a Drug-Fueled World Record
The Enhanced Games—a kind of Olympics for athletes who are doping—today announced the date and venue for its first competition: May 21-24, 2026, at Resorts[more...]
New Bacteria Have Been Discovered on a Chinese Space Station
It is microscopic and rod-shaped, can create spores, and may have evolved to survive hundreds of miles above our planet's surface. This bacterium, never before[more...]
The EPA Is Giving Some Forever Chemicals a Pass
The EPA on Wednesday said it would change a rule intended to protect Americans from forever chemicals in their drinking water. The agency plans to[more...]
A Baby Received a Custom Crispr Treatment in Record Time
Last August, KJ Muldoon was born with a potentially fatal genetic disorder. Just six months later, he received a Crispr treatment designed just for him.Muldoon[more...]
Blocked From Selling Off-Brand Ozempic, Telehealth Startups Embrace a Less Effective Drug
After telehealth startups recently lost the ability to sell exact copies of patented GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, some firms have begun turning to a different, less[more...]
SpaceX Tests Starship Fixes After Back-to-Back Failures
SpaceX founder Elon Musk also wants Starship to fly to Mars, which will, likewise, require a mastery of in-space refueling. NASA may also soon rely[more...]
Patients Are Left With Few Options as GLP-1 Copycats Disappear
Futter’s provider, Henry Meds, no longer offers compounded tirzepatide injections, but allowed patients to place bulk orders before phasing it out. He went ahead and[more...]
The EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From Chemicals
In early May, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would split up the agency’s main arm devoted to scientific research. According to a report[more...]
Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice
“How we end up with similar circuitry was more flexible than I would have expected,” Zaremba said. “You can build the same circuits from different[more...]
Diabetes Is Rising in Africa. Could It Lead to New Breakthroughs?
Chikowore says there are many possible explanations for this, ranging from as yet undiscovered genetic variants to the physiological structure of the pancreas. The latter[more...]
Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels
Even in the best of times, long-term observations can be very fragile. It is difficult to convince funding agencies to put money into long-term observations[more...]
Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Is Tearing the MAHA Movement Apart
Means’ nomination was announced on Wednesday after Trump withdrew his nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a former Fox News contributor whose résumé has been questioned[more...]
US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has quietly rescinded several internal policies that were designed to protect some of the most vulnerable people in its[more...]
As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract It
These decisions, together with concerns about future funding cuts, have led to an exodus of researchers from the United States, with scientists now seeking to[more...]
This US Company Just Successfully Tested a Reusable Hypersonic Rocket Plane
“Demonstrating the reuse of fully recoverable hypersonic test vehicles is an important milestone for MACH-TB,” said George Rumford, director of the Test Resource Management Center,[more...]
Scientists Have Just Discovered a New Type of Electricity-Conducting Bacteria
A new species of bacteria that functions like electrical wiring has recently been discovered on a brackish beach in Oregon. The species was named Candidatus[more...]
The Dream of the Metaverse Is Dying. Manufacturing Is Keeping It Alive
It used to be that when BMW would refit a factory to build a new car, the only way the automaker could check if the[more...]
The Future of Manufacturing Might Be in Space
Jessica Frick wants to build furnaces in space. Her company, California-based Astral Materials, is designing machines that can grow valuable materials in orbit that could[more...]
FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making significant changes to how it will respond to disasters on the ground this season, including ending federal door-to-door[more...]
How Mexico’s Fishing Refuges Are Fighting Back Against Poaching
It has been two hours since the divers left the coast behind. As they reach their designated GPS points in the Gulf of Mexico, their[more...]
The Phony Physics of Star Wars Are a Blast
I'm a huge fan of Star Wars. The first movie (no, not Episode 1) came out when I was young, so I grew up thinking[more...]
Why Pigeons at Rest Are at the Center of Complexity Theory
By January 2020, Papadimitriou had been thinking about the pigeonhole principle for 30 years. So he was surprised when a playful conversation with a frequent[more...]
The Agonizing Task of Turning Europe’s Power Back On
“You should be anticipating every failure that can happen, and you should survive any one of them,” Cuffe says. From the control room, engineers should[more...]
Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US
Another issue in the US is the lack of a compatible safety device called a ground fault circuit interrupter, or a GFCI. They are typically[more...]
The Dangerous Decline in Vaccination Rates
In the year 2000, measles were declared eliminated from the United States. But thanks to declining vaccination rates, Americans may have to contend with a[more...]
The Climate Crisis Threatens Supply Chains. Manufacturers Hope AI Can Help
Abhi Ghadge, associate professor of supply chain management at Cranfield University in the UK, says there has been “a general kind of negligence” in terms[more...]
What Caused the European Power Outage?
The causes of the power outage that left millions in Spain and Portugal without electricity on Monday have yet to be fully determined, though service[more...]
2025 Is the Year of the Humanoid Robot Factory Worker
Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory. The new version of the bot,[more...]
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
A research facility within the US National Institutes of Health that is tasked with studying Ebola and other deadly infectious diseases has been instructed by[more...]
Trump’s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel Companies
“Lawyers are going to have a field day with this,” says Hathaway, who now works as a director at Lawyers for Good Government, a legal[more...]
States and Startups Are Suing the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
American nuclear is in 25-year-old Isaiah Taylor’s blood: his great-grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project. In 2023, Taylor, who dropped out of high school to[more...]
As Measles Cases Surge, Mexico Issues a US Travel Alert
As the US struggles to contain its worst measles outbreak in years, cases have spilled over into Mexico. In an April 25 report, Mexico’s Ministry[more...]
Europe’s Devastating Power Outage in Photos
Grounded subways, canceled flights, stores, hospitals, and offices completely in the dark: This is the situation following the vast blackout that hit Spain, Portugal, and[more...]
Scientists Believe They’ve Witnessed ‘Planetary Suicide’ for the First Time
Two years ago, astronomers believe they detected a star devouring one of its planets. Now, new observations of the aftermath of same event from the[more...]
A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem[more...]
Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Energy System
Grid batteries have a halo effect for other power generators too. Most thermal power plants—coal, gas, nuclear—prefer to run at a steady pace. Ramping up[more...]
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Strange Rocks on Mars
Satellite observations had shown alternating stripes of light-colored and dark-colored rock in this area. In late March, Perseverance excavated one of the light-colored formations and[more...]
Eli Lilly Sues 4 GLP-1 Telehealth Startups, Escalating War on Knockoff Drugs
The FDA gave compounders a grace period to wind down their production of the drugs after the shortage was over. Small pharmacies had until February[more...]
Scientists Find Measles Likely To Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
With vaccination rates among US kindergarteners steadily declining in recent years and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowing to reexamine[more...]
This Artificial Wetland Is Reusing Wastewater to Revive a Lost Ecosystem
In the arid region south of Mexicali, where the pale desert dominates the landscape, the Las Arenitas wetland feels like a mirage. But it is[more...]
Finland Could Be the First Country in the World to Bury Nuclear Waste Permanently
Together with his colleagues, Jinshan Pan, a professor of corrosion science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, published a study in January 2023[more...]
Muscle Memory Isn’t What You Think It Is
We all want to know if and how we can come back to form after injury, illness, or a long hiatus. Muscles adapt in response[more...]
Scientists Are Mapping the Bizarre, Chaotic Spacetime Inside Black Holes
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of[more...]
Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception
A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. This enigmatic[more...]
As Summer Approaches, Federal Cuts Threaten Program to Keep Vulnerable People Cool
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The summer of 2021 was brutal for residents of the Pacific Northwest.[more...]
FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say
Less than two months before the official start of hurricane season, the nation’s primary disaster-response agency faces an uncertain future. Employees working across the Federal[more...]
Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Life—124 Light-Years Away
Astronomers have found one of the most promising indications that there could be extraterrestrial life on another planet. With the help of the James Webb[more...]
Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory
Cathy Tinney-Zara, a worker at NIOSH’s Morgantown facility who spoke to WIRED in her capacity as the union representative, says that before they lost their[more...]
Measles Cases Are Rising. Other Preventable Diseases Could Follow
As the United States grapples with rising measles cases and outbreaks in several states, another vaccine-preventable disease is quietly spreading throughout the country.This year, there[more...]
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
AmeriCorps, the US federal agency that oversees volunteerism and service work, abruptly pulled teams of young people out of a variety of community service projects[more...]
The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It
It’s often the case that the more that planets are studied and understood, the more remote the possibility of inhabiting them seems. Mars, for example,[more...]
How to Watch the Lyrids Meteor Shower
Although the Leonids produce fewer meteors than many other of the major meteor showers, they are known for producing fast-moving, bright, fireball meteors.The Leonids peak[more...]
‘We Are Not Programmed to Die,’ Says Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the man of death. Although this does not sound like a good moniker, it is: Ramakrishnan is one of the world’s most eminent[more...]
Small Language Models Are the New Rage, Researchers Say
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Large language models work well because they’re so large. The latest models from OpenAI, Meta, and[more...]
One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley
The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the[more...]
Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’
This week, as part of the process to develop a budget for fiscal-year 2026, the Trump White House shared the draft version of its budget[more...]
This Famous Physics Experiment Shows Why the Government Should Support ‘Useless’ Science
The lighter creates a tiny spark that jumps from one wire to the other in the front pair. This spark creates electromagnetic waves, with the[more...]
An Experimental Obesity Pill Mimics Gastric Bypass Surgery
The drug is based on research conducted at MIT by Giovanni Traverso, a gastroenterologist and mechanical engineer, and Robert Langer, a chemical engineer who has[more...]
Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late
The promise of new demand is driving some utilities to reconsider scheduled coal plant retirements. In Virginia, where Amazon Web Services keeps 96 data centers[more...]
An IVF Alternative Could Make Having Babies Less Onerous
More and more people are turning to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, to have babies. The process can be arduous, requiring injections of costly hormones[more...]
Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf
Studying the dire wolf’s genome also allowed the Colossal team to figure out which features distinguished the ancient wolf from its modern relatives. They settled[more...]
States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Industry Is Fighting Back
In 2021, James Kenney and his husband were at a big box store buying a piece of furniture when the sales associate asked if they’d[more...]
Scientists Are Mapping the Boundaries of What Is Knowable and Unknowable
Moore designed his pinball machine to complete the analogy to the Turing machine. The starting position of the pinball represents the data on the tape[more...]
Welcome to the Worst Allergy Season Ever
This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The warming spring air is a welcome relief from the bitterly cold[more...]
SpaceX Took a Big Step Toward Reusing Starship’s Super Heavy Booster
SpaceX is having trouble with Starship's upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket's enormous booster.The most visible sign[more...]
Torpedo Bats and the Physics of the Sweet Spot
If the ball hits the stick and bounces back, what will happen to the stick? If you said the stick will recoil to the right,[more...]
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Several top scientists charged with overseeing research into disease prevention and cures at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were notified that they were subject[more...]
In Search of the Last Wild Axolotls
axolotls are critically endangered. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, these aquatic monsters—a national symbol that features on Mexico’s 50 peso bills,[more...]
This Startup Says It Can Clean Your Blood of Microplastics
This is a non-exhaustative list of places microplastics have been found: Mount Everest, the Mariana Trench, Antarctic snow, clouds, plankton, turtles, whales, cattle, birds, tap[more...]
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet With This New Superintelligence?’
Libertarians often take these mechanisms for granted and refuse to consider where they come from. For example, you have electricity and drinking water in your[more...]
Why Adding a Full Hard Drive Can Make a Computer More Powerful
Those are pretty stringent constraints, so it wasn’t obvious that the extra memory could ever prove useful. But to their surprise, Buhrman and Cleve showed[more...]
US Cities Seeking to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings Just Got a Big Win in Court
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings have notched a decisive[more...]
Sperm Stem Cells Were Used for the First Time in an Attempt to Restore Fertility
“What we expected out of this initial transplant was to demonstrate that the method was safe and that it was feasible,” Orwig says. Ultrasounds show[more...]
It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission
Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket into position between the[more...]
Hikaru Utada Would Rather Play CERN Than Coachella
Utada: What are you most focused on pursuing at the moment?Kojima: There is a theory in particle physics called the Standard Model, but it can[more...]
How a Cup of Tea Laid the Foundations for Modern Statistical Analysis
Fisher did not take Neyman and Pearson’s criticisms well. In response, he called their methods “childish” and “absurdly academic.” In particular, Fisher disagreed with the[more...]
Beneath Greenland’s Ice Lies a Climate Solution—and a New Geopolitical Battleground
Still, wherever there’s mining activity, there’s potential for spills. There’s also potential for a lot of noise: Ships in particular fill the ocean around Greenland[more...]
The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling
“If we went on business-as-usual and admitted a normal class size, then we’d have students we couldn’t support in the program,” says Kimberly Cooper, a[more...]
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James[more...]
How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
Genetic testing company 23andMe, once a Silicon Valley darling valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Sunday as it prepares for[more...]
Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space
The unevenness of the state of each cloud layer is thought to be the reason why the brightness of SIMP 0136 changes as it rotates.[more...]
A Math Couple Solves a Major Group Theory Problem—After 20 Years of Work
But one of Malle’s graduate students was on the case. Britta Späth.“Our Obsession”In 2003, Späth arrived at the University of Kassel to start her doctorate[more...]
