The spread of dubious headlines on social media isn’t just a right-wing thing—it’s a social media thing, according to new...
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When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on...
With more Moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge
Interest in the Moon has been high – just in the past two years there have been 12 attempts to...
Opening my social media feed, I’m often confronted with a jarring contrast: intense, diametrically opposed perspectives from different friends. The...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in a military uniform, announced on Oct. 26, 2025, that Russia had successfully tested a...
In May 2024, part of the Sun exploded. The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because...
The International Space Station is one of the most remarkable achievements of the modern age. It is the largest, most...
If you visit a cemetery, look closely and you’ll likely notice many flowering plants – adorning the graves, or maybe...
A newly discovered protein from Earth’s toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease. Tardigrades, often called...
When I asked Manisha to describe her gender identity, she gave a simple answer: “Meh.” “I don’t have a gender...
Artificial intelligence is fast becoming part of the furniture. A decade after IBM’s Watson triumphed on “Jeopardy!,” generative AI models...
In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, aviators...
