
The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 World Cup Soccer Ball
Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game
The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 World Cup Soccer Ball
Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game
Scorching Heat Dome Grips Eastern U.S., with No Relief in Sight
Tens of millions of people are already under heat alerts, and the worst is yet to come
What It’s Like to Live and Work on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Think: subzero temperatures, bone-rattling storms and mysteries about the future of our planet under the ice.
Hulk Hogan’s Biggest Impact May Have Been in Digital Privacy
Hulk Hogan, a larger-than-life wrestler known for his showmanship, succumbed to cardiac arrest after a career marked by digital hoaxes and a landmark battle against online exploitation
‘Arsenic Life’ Microbe Study Retracted after 15 Years of Controversy
A controversial arsenic microbe study unveiled 15 years ago has been retracted. The study’s authors are crying foul
We Just Discovered the Sounds of Spacetime. Let’s Keep Listening
Less than a decade since the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime itself—proposed budget cuts threaten to silence this groundbreaking science
A ‘Dark Oxygen’ Mystery Is Unfolding at the Ocean Bottom—But Undersea Mining Giants May Soon Move In
When researchers discovered evidence of “dark oxygen” last year, the news spread around the world, but the biggest challenge to the science comes from its funders
The U.S. Just Axed Its Boldest Cosmology Experiment in Generations
Researchers hoped CMB-S4, a $900-million cosmology experiment, would answer one of the greatest questions in physics. Instead it’s become another cautionary tale of pursuing big science amid shrinking budgets
Millions Swelter under Relentless Heat Dome Smothering Eastern U.S.
High humidity and low overnight temperatures will put tens of millions of people under heat alerts over the course of the coming week
Superheated Gold Defies ‘Entropy Catastrophe’ Limit, Overturning 40-Year-Old Physics
Physicists superheated gold to 14 times its melting point, disproving a long-standing prediction about the temperature limits of solids
Your Chatbot Says It Might Be Conscious. Should You Believe It?
As large language models like Claude 4 express uncertainty about whether they are conscious, researchers race to decode their inner workings, raising profound questions about machine awareness, ethics and the risks of uncontrolled AI evolution
The Pandemic Aged Everyone’s Brain—Even in Healthy People
A study of nearly 1,000 people showed that brain aging was not linked to infection status