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2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless in a gold and black illustration

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry just went to 3 scientists who simplified reactions in the lab

By Laura Baisas

Nobel Prize Physics 2022 winners Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger in gold and black illustration

Particle Physics

Quantum entanglement theorists win Nobel Prize for loophole-busting experiments

By Purbita Saha

Water droplets rising from Iceland's Skogafoss waterfall.

Here’s how life on Earth might have formed out of thin air and water

By Laura Baisas

Dinosaur-killing asteroid created a tsunami with 2-mile-high waves

Dinosaur-killing asteroid created a tsunami with 2-mile-high waves

By Laura Baisas

Walgreens Retail Store Exterior at night

Your upcoming Walgreens prescription may be refilled by a machine

Kim Kardashian official instagram account on smartphone screen on paper instagram banner

SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.27 million for ‘unlawfully touting’ a cryptocurrency

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome

By Laura Baisas

Tesla Optimus robot prototype dancing on stage

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot can shuffle across stage, ‘raise the roof’

Fish got their jaws millions of years earlier than previously thought

Fish got their jaws millions of years earlier than previously thought

By Laura Baisas

We’re one step closer to identifying the first-ever mammals

We’re one step closer to identifying the first-ever mammals

By Laura Baisas

New cars sold in New York state must be zero-emissions by 2035

Electric Vehicles

New cars sold in New York state must be zero-emissions by 2035

By Laura Baisas

Hurricane Ian Category 1 Carolina coast satellite image

Hurricane Ian surges back and heads for the Carolinas

By Purbita Saha

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean

By Laura Baisas

Amazon associate on laptop in breakroom

Amazon to offer instant pay to workers and more loans to sellers

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge

By Laura Baisas

Amazon’s Ring Nation quietly premieres on cable TV in 35 states

See a spiral galaxy’s haunting ‘skeleton’ in a chilly new space telescope image

Space Telescope

See a spiral galaxy’s haunting ‘skeleton’ in a chilly new space telescope image

By Laura Baisas

Potentially harmful respiratory disease may be on the rise in children, warns CDC

Potentially harmful respiratory disease may be on the rise in children, warns CDC

By Laura Baisas

The asteroid that created Earth’s largest crater may have been way bigger than we thought

The asteroid that created Earth’s largest crater may have been way bigger than we thought

By Laura Baisas

Russian protestors holding signs and demonstrating against war with Ukraine

Meta says it’s shut down a giant Russian misinformation network

A diabetes management kit.

Why we should be looking out for diabetes in young people with COVID

By Laura Baisas

The US government is inching closer to a deal to secure TikTok in the US

Tesla interior with driver hand on black steering wheel

Electric Vehicles

Tesla updates finger-pinching window glitch

Amazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisons

Amazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisons

Close up of library books on shelf

In school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaround

Kale is an acquired taste, even in utero

Kale is an acquired taste, even in utero

By Laura Baisas

Iran cracks down on citizens’ internet access following spreading protests

Iran cracks down on citizens’ internet access following spreading protests

PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan, after water crisis

PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan, after water crisis

By Laura Baisas

Neptune’s faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image

Space Telescope

Neptune’s faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image

By Laura Baisas

NASA photo of satellite orbiting above Earth

The FCC is finally pulling the reins on space junk

Anxiety screening is now recommended for all adults under 65

Anxiety screening is now recommended for all adults under 65

By Laura Baisas

Listen: Meteoroids make little ‘bloop’ noises when crashing into Mars

Listen: Meteoroids make little ‘bloop’ noises when crashing into Mars

By Laura Baisas

STD rates started to spike in the US during the pandemic. Now, they continue to rise.

STD rates started to spike in the US during the pandemic. Now, they continue to rise.

By Laura Baisas

Typhoon Nanmadol slams into Japan with record breaking rain

Typhoon Nanmadol slams into Japan with record breaking rain

By Laura Baisas

How many ants are there on Earth? Thousands of billions.

How many ants are there on Earth? Thousands of billions.

By Laura Baisas

Typhoon Merbok breaks records as it lashes the Alaskan coast

Typhoon Merbok breaks records as it lashes the Alaskan coast

By Laura Baisas

Chinese man wearing COVID-19 mask walking down city street in China with national flags behind him

China’s DNA policing program targeted Tibetans and other minorities, reports reveal

Thumbs up Facebook buttons reflected in water droplets in front of blurry thumbs down symbol

Facebook’s automated image removal system is flawed, says Oversight Board

Phase out fossil fuels now to avoid a devastating global health crisis, WHO warns

Phase out fossil fuels now to avoid a devastating global health crisis, WHO warns

By Laura Baisas

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen at sunrise atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Monday, April 4, 2022.

Get ready to watch NASA’s most powerful rocket head for the moon

By Maria Parazo Rose

Close up of man and woman using their smartphones on couch

Expect to see a lot more ads in your native iPhone apps soon

Baby hippo Fritz with mother at Cincinnati Zoo.

Cincinnati Zoo welcomes surprise baby hippo after mother’s birth control ‘fritzes’

By Laura Baisas

Image of Bathynomus yucatanensis.

This giant isopod lives in the crater of a dinosaur-killing asteroid

By Laura Baisas

Photo of customers in line to checkout at a Walmart

Walmart is on the hunt for its own streaming partnership

Vials of vaccine with needle

The monkeypox vaccine can now be injected in a more effective way

By Laura Baisas

This glittery Hubble image shows how far we’ve come in studying distant stars

Space Telescope

This glittery Hubble image shows how far we’ve come in studying distant stars

By Laura Baisas

WhatsApp users can now ghost group chats and delete messages for days

WhatsApp users can now ghost group chats and delete messages for days

One of the world’s driest places just saw record flooding

One of the world’s driest places just saw record flooding

By Laura Baisas

Smokestack with a cloud of CO2 emissions that are bad for climate change over a coast during a sunset

There’s more carbon dioxide in the air than ever before in human history

By Sara Kiley Watson

A US postal worker delivering packages to a tan residential building, with a USPS truck parked on the street in the foreground.

How to order free COVID tests from the US government, starting today

By John Kennedy

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The best portable Bluetooth speakers in 2026, tested and reviewed for every budget and trip

By Tony Ware, Carsen Joenk, Brandt Ranj, Amanda Reed

A person reading a newspaper while sitting on a bench outside.

How to read the news without doomscrolling through social media

By Harry Guinness

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Get your phone to send you the breaking news alerts you want

Cryptocurrencies are funding human trafficking, a new government report warns

By Colleen Hagerty

US Navy air craft carrier releasing greenhouse gas emissions over the Pacific Ocean

The world’s largest military isn’t reporting its giant ‘carbon bootprint’

By Anny Oberlink/Nexus Media News

a human skull wearing sunglasses and large headphones

The best science podcasts for staying sharp and sounding smart

By Rachel Feltman

Trays of basil under purple UV lights at a vertical farm

Vertical farms are finally branching out

By Teake Zuidema/Nexus Media News

people standing in medical center hallway

YouTube is blocking big anti-vax accounts, and other COVID news you missed

By Margo Milanowski

Twitter’s efforts to tackle misleading tweets just made them thrive elsewhere

Twitter’s efforts to tackle misleading tweets just made them thrive elsewhere

By Charlotte Hu

starry night sky above telescopes on hill

Want to catch the 2024 Perseid meteor shower? Here’s your best shot.

By Mary Beth Griggs

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The best platforms to launch your own email newsletter

Unidentified aerial phenomena filmed from a US Navy jet

5 explanations for 144 mysterious flying objects in the government UFO report

By Rachel Feltman

This new electric aircraft has 12 propellers and hints at a flying taxi future

This new electric aircraft has 12 propellers and hints at a flying taxi future

Navy SEALs could get new airborne backup. Here’s what the planes look like.

Navy SEALs could get new airborne backup. Here’s what the planes look like.

By Kelsey D. Atherton