Mysterious Galápagos Reefs Harbor Strawberry Squid and Other Fantastic Creatures
A deep-sea expedition discovers a strange, dark world of strawberry squid and ratfish in cold-water corals near the Galápagos Islands
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Rats Use the Power of Imagination to Navigate and Move Objects in a VR Landscape
Experiments visualize a rodent’s ability to imagine the future -
The U.S.'s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave
Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive an M.D., earned while the Civil War raged, and the first Black person in the country to write a medical book, a popular guide with a preventive approach -
Zoomable JWST Image Brings Far-Distant Galaxies to Your Fingertips
The James Webb Space Telescope is gazing across the universe to find galaxies close to the “cosmic dawn”—and you can explore them from the palm of your hand -
Precision Cancer Drugs Glitter with Promise--If You Can Get Them
A growing arsenal of genetically tailored oncology treatments have spectacular results, but scope and access remain limited -
Lost River Landscape Discovered below East Antarctic Ice
A preserved river landscape from the time before Antarctica was icebound persists more than a mile below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet -
NASA Asteroid Mission Discovers Tiny Surprise Moon with 'Really Bizarre' Shape
NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid nicknamed Dinky, only to discover an even smaller space rock orbiting it -
Starfish Are Heads--Just Heads
Scientists have finally figured out how to make heads or tails of starfish -
AI Needs Rules, but Who Will Get to Make Them?
Skirmishes at the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit expose tensions over how to regulate AI technology -
What Peace Speech--The Benign Twin of Hate Speech--Says about a Country
A machine-learning model helps identify and measure the prevailing buzz about peace in the news cycle -
How a Weight-Loss Trend on TikTok Might Encourage Eating Disorders
Laxative misuse is cropping up in wellness and weight-loss social media communities—and some experts are concerned about its close ties to eating disorders -
NASA's Lucy Asteroid Mission Zips Past a 'Dinky' Space Rock
NASA’s Lucy mission is starting its science studies way ahead of schedule -
Biden's Executive Order on AI Is a Good Start, Experts Say, but Not Enough
A new executive order signed this week sets the stage for federal AI standards and requirements and moves beyond previous voluntary agreements with AI companies -
A Possible Crisis in the Cosmos Could Lead to a New Understanding of the Universe
Several unexplained measurements are threatening to upend scientists’ understanding of the universe’s origin and fate -
What Happens to a Werewolf on the Moon?
As space agencies turn their gaze to the moon, we need to consider what werewolves might mean for lunar exploration—and vice versa -
Wild Chimps Shown to Undergo Menopause for the First Time
Postreproductive life was once thought to be confined to humans and a couple of toothed whales, but some wild chimpanzees experience it, too -
How Hot Is 'Pepper X'? Its Creator Spent 6 Hours Recovering from Eating It
“Pepper X” is officially the hottest pepper in the world, weighing in with 2.693 million Scoville heat units. The creator reveals his process and experience tasting the pepper -
How the Daughter of Sharecroppers Revolutionized Preschoolers' Health
Flemmie Pansy Kittrell, the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition in 1936, showed the importance of good health and developed a program that became the model for Head Start -
New Training Method Helps AI Generalize like People Do
To improve machine learning, the answer might be taking a different approach to robot education rather than just feeding models more data -
Space Junk Is Polluting Earth's Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal
Defunct satellites and other pieces of orbital debris are pumping metals into Earth’s fragile upper atmosphere, with effects unknown
