7 spooky bat facts-right in time for Halloween
Bats deserve a little more love Go to Story
Why science is on the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections
From Medicare for All to research grants, science-driven issues are playing a role in the midterm elections Go to Story
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory may have just discovered our solar system’s sixth dwarf planet
Located farther away from Earth than Pluto, the object was hidden in the light of the Milky Way’s stars Go to Story
OpenAI just scooped human researchers on a million-dollar quantum math problem
Another bombshell result shows how artificial intelligence is fueling fierce competition at the frontiers of math and physics Go to Story
How a 16th century pirate accidentally spawned a centuries-old math problem
A question posed by Sir Walter Raleigh about cannonballs inadvertently led to a puzzle that mathematicians have been trying to solve for centuries Go to Story
CDC deputy director Jennifer Shuford resigns after just four months in the role
Jennifer Shuford, a well-respected infectious disease researcher, cited a desire to spend more time with her family Go to Story
Dueling proofs from OpenAI and Anthropic astound scientists
The results resolve major problems in math, physics and computer science. But like other recent AI-generated “slop drops,” the releases are already controversial Go to Story
Sleep and depression may be more intertwined than we thought
Depression tied to the body’s sleep cycle could be less responsive to antidepressants and cause more severe symptoms Go to Story
Underwater data centers may be coming to the U.S.-smack in the middle of endangered whale habitat
Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales Go to Story
Why we’ll never have another Black Death
The death of a worker at a Russian plague lab was alarming, but the disease is extremely unlikely to become a worldwide problem as it has in the past Go to Story