2025-01-14

Up close and personal with the stag beetle in A Real Bug’s Life S2

It's just one of the many fascinating insect species featured in the second season of this NatGeo docuseries. [...]

2025-01-13

Skull long thought to be Cleopatra’s sister’s was actually a young boy

Skull found in ruins of Ephesos in 1929 thought to be Arsinoë IV is actually skull of 11-14-year-old boy. [...]

2025-01-13

How to watch Blue Origin’s inaugural New Glenn launch

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is ready for liftoff. After some weather-related delays over the weekend, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company said that the $2.5 billion reusable rocket, which has been [...]

2025-01-13

The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell

Now that Novo Nordisk is the world’s weight-loss juggernaut, will it have to betray its first patients—type 1 diabetics? [...]

2025-01-13

LA’s Fires Have Created Another Problem—Unsafe Drinking Water

Melted plastic pipes and drastic water-pressure drops are potentially leaching toxic chemicals and contaminants into local supplies. Multiple water authorities in north Los Angeles have issued Do Not [...]

2025-01-12

New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered

Three exotic new species of superconductivity were spotted last year, illustrating the myriad ways electrons can join together to form a frictionless quantum soup. [...]

2025-01-12

Getting an all-optical AI to handle non-linear math

Instead of sensing photons and processing the results, why not process the photons? [...]

2025-01-11

The Brightest Comet of 2025 Is Coming. Here’s How You Can See It Shine

On January 13, Atlas C/2024 G3 will reach its closest point to the sun. [...]

2025-01-11

Los Angeles Will Remain at High Risk of Fire Into Next Week

The arrival of La Niña is starving California of rain, and more high Santa Ana winds could be on the way. [...]