How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to science to be recognized. [...]

The 10 best sleep apps and gadgets for a better night's sleep in 2026

Tech has a bad (and deserved) reputation as a sleep killer. Blue light, incessant scrolling and information onslaught conspire to keep us on edge and exiled from dreamland. But a few gadgets and apps [...]

States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines

As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations. [...]

Honda shows off three new EVs in Tokyo, but its US plans are getting more tepid

Every two years, the Japan Mobility Show gives us a preview of the future of motoring as envisioned by the major Japanese manufacturers. Sadly, for Honda, the resounding message coming from this year& [...]

No One Knows Where US Vaccine Policy Goes Next

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping changes to federal vaccine guidance are paused for now. But even if they’re reversed, lasting damage has already been done. [...]

US to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to stop developing offshore wind in US

Payment reimburses the company for two leases, one for a massive 3 GW wind farm. [...]

August's Full Sturgeon Moon Lines Up With Perseids, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter

The full moon takes place a mere three days before the Perseids meteor shower peaks, and 11 days before the next planet parade. [...]

Gemini 3 Pro scores 69% trust in blinded testing up from 16% for Gemini 2.5: The case for evaluating AI on real-world trust, not academic benchmarks

Just a few short weeks ago, Google debuted its Gemini 3 model, claiming it scored a leadership position in multiple AI benchmarks. But the challenge with vendor-provided benchmarks is that they are ju [...]

2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscale quantum tunneling

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip. [...]