2025-10-16

Antarctica is starting to look a lot like Greenland—and that isn’t good

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole. [...]

2025-10-16

The Earth Has a Growing Weak Spot in Its Magnetic Field: Here's What That Means

Science has known about the weak spot for over half a century, but it's now getting bigger. [...]

2025-10-15

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest

Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative. [...]

2025-10-15

SpaceX’s Second-Gen Starship Signs Off With a Near-Perfect Test Flight

This was the last flight of SpaceX’s V2 Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. [...]

2025-10-15

Believing misinformation is a “win” for some people, even when proven false

"Winning" means prioritizing independence from outside influence over being right. [...]

2025-10-15

Halliday Glasses review: Ambitious smart glasses with frustrating flaws

Every now and then, you review a product you can’t get along with in any way, shape or form. Sometimes, it’s about the quality of the hardware, but more often it’s about the philosophy of its ma [...]

2025-10-14

Catch These Rare Comets Zooming Past Earth This October

The Lemmon comet won't return for another 1,300 years. [...]

2025-10-14

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Spewing Water Like a Cosmic Fire Hydrant

Analyses of its emissions using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a very different structure than comets in the solar system. [...]

2025-10-14

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. [...]