'Project Hail Mary' Creator Andy Weir Just Taught Me a Surprising Thing About Sci-Fi

I spoke with Andy Weir about the adaptation of his hit novel, Project Hail Mary. Our conversation quickly turned into a mind-blowing lesson about science fiction. [...]

Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn't change

Stop trying to make "Clovis First" happen; it's not going to happen. [...]

The US is looking at a year of chaotic weather

Massive Western heat wave, potential El Niño raise concerns about unpredictable, extreme weather. [...]

Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario

“This will be so, so, so, so, so bad,” one analyst says. [...]

Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars

There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater. [...]

A Trio of Stars: The Spring Triangle Is Visible All Spring. Here's How to See It

The stars Arcturus, Spica and Regulus are three of the brightest in the sky. [...]

We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?

This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries. [...]

Mining the deep ocean

Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely. [...]

Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes

Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes. [...]