Weird structures near Earth’s core may be scars from a primordial interplanetary collision

Stars from ancient cluster found in the Milky Way

717-gigapixel photo shows Rembrandt masterpiece in unprecedented detail

Bottling the smell of happiness to help treat depression

F.B.I. Arrests Man Accused of Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts

Scientists watch gigantic star explode after ominous goodbye

Lithium batteries’ big unanswered question

Astronomers Discover One of The Biggest Structures Ever Seen in The Milky Way

Supernovae and life on Earth appear closely connected

Natural History, Not Technology, Will Dictate Our Destiny

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Physicists watch as ultracold atoms form a crystal of quantum tornadoes

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Astronomers Spot a Mystery Object Spewing Dust in Space

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What Makes Group Decisions Go Wrong. And Right.

Life after Deepwater Horizon: the hidden toll of surviving disaster on an oil rig

For more than half a century, the people of Easter Island lived under an oppressive colonial regime. Then a schoolteacher sparked an unlikely revolution.

There Was Less Lightning During COVID Lockdowns, Research Finds

Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain

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Why Scientists Become Spies

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Goldfish learn to drive a car to get food

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Mysterious Footprints Suggest Neanderthals Climbed a Volcano Right After It Erupted

The Surprise Rescue-Within-a-Rescue in a Flooded Thai Cave

The World’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Is Sending Power to the Grid

Enceladus’ plumes might not come from an underground ocean

How Y Combinator Changed the World

Woman’s Rare Disease Causes Her to Stiffen and Fall After a Sudden Noise

The most important computer you’ve never heard of

James Webb Space Telescope completes tricky sunshield deployment

The Dirty Work of Cleaning Online Reputations

To Study the Next Earth, NASA May Need to Throw Some Shade

An Injection of Chaos Solves Decades-Old Fluid Mystery

How could the Big Bang arise from nothing?

NASA’s Chief Scientist Quits, Says He Has a Plan to Terraform Mars

200 years ago today a man named Beale signed a cryptic letter that marked the beginning of a still-unsolved mystery

In VR, You Can Become Your Own Psychologist

How Body Farms and Human Composting Can Help Communities

Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy

New patent-free COVID vaccine developed as “gift to the world”

The Long Afterlife of a Terrible Crime

Have scientists cracked the best way to drink champagne?

The Truth About Prohibition

Study: People Who Fall for Pseudoscience Use Less Evidence to Reach Conclusions

Could Being Cold Actually Be Good for You?

Super poo: the emerging science of stool transplants and designer gut bacteria

Quantum imaging: Pushing the boundaries of optics

On the misunderstood psychology of tribalism

Scientists Settled a Century-Old Family Drama Using DNA From Postcards

On the potential stability of tetra-neutronium

What if Math Is a Fundamental Part of Nature, Not Something Humans Came Up With?