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Astronomers think they’ve found a moon the size of Neptune in a distant star system
Exoplanets

Astronomers think they’ve found a moon the size of Neptune in a distant star system

It could be the largest moon we’ve ever seen

By Charles Q. Choi

Nobel Prize medallion Alfred Nobel gold
Technology

These tools helped scientists win the Nobel Prize

From optical tweezers to multiplexed cell imaging, this is what it takes to break through.

By Eleanor Cummins

Here’s what you need to know about today’s unavoidable Presidential Alert notification
Weather

Here’s what you need to know about today’s unavoidable Presidential Alert notification

You can't block it and you probably shouldn't try.

By Stan Horaczek

This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry ‘rewards a revolution based on evolution’
Evolution

This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry ‘rewards a revolution based on evolution’

Chemistry that cures disease and creates a greener world.

By Jillian Mock

Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry
Gene Editing

Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry

But don't go looking for it in a supermarket just yet.

By Neel V. Patel

Everything you need to know about ricin poison
Health

Everything you need to know about ricin poison

Ricin is one of the most poisonous substances on Earth and it's scarily easy to make.

By Dan Nosowitz

There’s a zombie attack happening right now. It involves crickets.
Insects

There’s a zombie attack happening right now. It involves crickets.

Excerpt: Plight of the Living Dead

By Matt Simon

This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health
Pollution

This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health

A person’s ‘exposome’ is just as important, if not more so, as their genetic predisposition to disease.

By Claire Maldarelli

illustrations of two men and a woman
Physics

The physics Nobel Prize goes to high-tech lasers and honors the first woman in 55 years

A rare nod to technology over fundamental physics.

By Charlie Wood

A plane sprays a field with pesticides.
Weather

The Carolinas are waging war against nickel-sized hurricane mosquitoes

Sprayers plan attacks from the ground and sky.

By Charlie Wood

a corgi catches a frisbee but looks kind of silly doing it
Dogs

Dogs aren’t especially smart, but they have a particular set of skills

Yes, you are a good dog!

By Kat Eschner

workers NASA
Science

On NASA’s 60th birthday, our readers say it’s still looking good

A universe of emotion.

By Mary Beth Griggs

Thought-reading AI helps a person with quadriplegia play Guitar Hero
Robots

Thought-reading AI helps a person with quadriplegia play Guitar Hero

The brain interface learns—and remembers—how to read thoughts.

By Charlie Wood

This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine is shared by a cancer-fighting (and harmonica-playing) Texan
Cancer

This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine is shared by a cancer-fighting (and harmonica-playing) Texan

The 2018 Nobel Prize honors what might be our best shot at beating cancer.

By Rachel Feltman and Claire Maldarelli

Climate change is inevitable—but not in the way the EPA thinks
Climate Change

Climate change is inevitable—but not in the way the EPA thinks

Lowering car emissions isn't a silver bullet, but it would help.

By Jennifer Lu

moving in carrying sofa
Life Skills

Lift heavy stuff without wrecking your back

Move-in time doesn't have to be injury season.

By Dan Seitz

Megapixels: A moth drinks tears from a bird’s eye
Birds

Megapixels: A moth drinks tears from a bird’s eye

This isn’t creepy animal behavior at all

By Jillian Mock

dog scratching
Life Skills

How to get rid of fleas

Protect your pets and your pelt.

By Dan Seitz

An uncommon storm called a ‘Medicane’ is headed for Greece
Weather

An uncommon storm called a ‘Medicane’ is headed for Greece

Such systems don't often form above the cool Mediterranean Sea.

By Dennis Mersereau

Starry Night
NASA

Oodles of virtual planets could help Google and NASA find actual aliens

Teaming up to explore the galaxy with an AI assist.

By Mary Beth Griggs