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Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects

BRAD PLUMER

It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines.

New Coral Study Identifies Areas Where Reefs Are Hanging On

KATHARINE HOURELD

New research has identified areas around the world where cooler currents and other favorable conditions are helping to protect coral from the worst effects of global warming.

1 in 3 psychologists say their patients use AI as a second therapist

People are increasingly turning to AI for mental health support—but its design is "antithetical" to mental health care, experts say

The surprising science history behind New York City’s ticker-tape parades

On Thursday Knicks fans are flocking to Manhattan for a ticker-tape parade. But where did ticker tape even come from?

How one new telescope is going to change astronomy forever

Construction of the Deep Synoptic Array is about to start in rural Nevada. It will reveal untold galaxies in stunning detail and help explain how they form and grow

How to watch August’s total solar eclipse live with Scientific American

Even if you aren't going to be within the path of totality, you can still watch the solar eclipse as it happens with Scientific American

Salty clouds discovered on pink puffball planet

A cold, cherry-blossom-hued exoplanet supports bizarre clouds chock-full of salts

Trump administration reverses course on plan to dismantle ocean monitoring network

The effort to pull some 900 ocean-monitoring buoys and sensors from the water drew backlash from scientists and lawmakers

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Relativity Space selected for upcoming NASA Mars orbiter mission

This partnership marks the latest foray into space exploration for Relativity Space, which aims to build cheap, reusable rockets

Ancient worshipers gathered at a ‘prototype’ Stonehenge to celebrate the solstices, new analysis reveals

These ruins, located just five kilometers from Stonehenge, likely laid the groundwork for religious rites celebrating the longest and shortest days of the year

NASA’s Lucy mission reveals an asteroid’s hidden history

Next summer, NASA's Lucy spacecraft will start sidling up to several asteroids near Jupiter. On its way there, it has studied another space rock up close

Japan’s 2011 earthquake was so powerful that it shifted the entire country’s location

This "extraordinary" event was likely caused by seismic waves bouncing off Earth's core, researchers found

Renato Rosaldo, Anthropologist Who Disrupted His Discipline, Dies at 85

TRIP GABRIEL

After his wife’s death while doing fieldwork, he rejected writing as a detached observer, setting off a profound shift in cultural anthropology.

Wordle’s Hard Mode Is Actually Easier, 730 Million Games Show

TONI MONKOVIC, EVE WASHINGTON AND TOM GIRATIKANON

As the game turns 5 years old, the data reveals that while standard-mode players have much more freedom, they’re not making the most of it.

Jean Houston, ‘Midwife of Souls’ Who Advised Hillary Clinton, Dies at 89

MICHAEL S. ROSENWALD

The author of books like “The Possible Human,” she held workshops that drew on mythology, psychology and the experiential ethos of Esalen. But she refused to be called a guru.