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Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses

Going Viral

Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses

Fernanda González

DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else

Looking Ahead

DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else

Victoria Turk

Meteor Showers, Eclipses, and More Are on the August 2026 Astronomical Calendar

Eyes on the Sky

Meteor Showers, Eclipses, and More Are on the August 2026 Astronomical Calendar

Jorge Garay

Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results

Fact Check

Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results

Isabella Ward

Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers

Fossil Fuel Windfall

Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers

Molly Taft

Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Missed Opportunity

Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Jorge Garay

Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies

Awwwwww

Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies

Emily Mullin

Cougars Lower the Risks of Car Crashes by Hunting Deer

Safety First

Cougars Lower the Risks of Car Crashes by Hunting Deer

Molly Taft

A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals

Throat Clearing

A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals

Daisuke Takimoto

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

Body Horror

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

Molly Taft

The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases

Lunar Boom

The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases

Javier Carbajal

The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos

New Beginnings

The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos

Jay Bennett

There Are 2 Eclipses This August. Here’s How to See Them

Two for One

There Are 2 Eclipses This August. Here’s How to See Them

Javier Carbajal

China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem

Unintended Issues

China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem

Andrew Liu

Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time

New Moon

Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time

Ritsuko Kawai

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth

Crash Landing

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth

Nathaniel Janowitz

What’s Behind the Heat Wave Scorching Huge Parts of the World

Make It Stop

What’s Behind the Heat Wave Scorching Huge Parts of the World

Molly Taft

Tropical Diseases Like Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europe

Bad Buzz

Tropical Diseases Like Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europe

Victoria Turk

How to Bring a Geothermal Well Back From the Dead

It’s Alive!

How to Bring a Geothermal Well Back From the Dead

Molly Taft

NASA’s New 3D Model Shows the Earth Is a Lumpy Mess

Extremely Relatable

NASA’s New 3D Model Shows the Earth Is a Lumpy Mess

Javier Carbajal