The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools. [...]

Crispr Pioneer Launches Startup to Make Tailored Gene-Editing Treatments

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA regulatory pathway to commercialize treatments for rare diseases. [...]

Target SVP says its real AI moat isn't the models — it's everything built around them

Target SVP Siobhán Mc Feeney says the AI models her company runs aren't what gives Target its edge — everything built around them is."There's a lot in it. That to us is the moat,&quo [...]

Why Lettuce Is Always Making People Sick

The cyclospora diarrhea outbreak isn't an isolated incident. It's part of a pattern of leafy greens wreaking digestive havoc. [...]

Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids

Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid. [...]

A 4-Planet Parade Is Coming This Month. Here's How to View It

A cosmic lineup is coming: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune will shine side by side in the night sky. [...]

Want to Stop Doomscrolling? You Might Need a Sleep Coach

Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing. [...]

That time Will Smith helped discover new species of anaconda

Footage of the 2024 discovery appears in NatGeo's new documentary series Pole to Pole with Will Smith [...]

Orcas team up to ram sunfish until they explode

“We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily, or it could also just be for fun.” [...]