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Trump Administration Kills Annual Arctic Report Card

RAYMOND ZHONG

The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.

The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch.

KATRINA MILLER

The Perseids will be most active on Wednesday into Thursday morning, on the moonless night after a total solar eclipse.

Frenzy for Solar Eclipse Glasses Takes Over London

JONATHAN WOLFE

Ahead of Wednesday’s rare cosmic event, thousands of people in London are searching for protective eyewear, as prices surge and stocks sell out.

The total solar eclipse happens today—here’s what you need to know

Follow all the latest updates on the eclipse with Scientific American

Could Rocky’s musical language in Project Hail Mary actually work?

Linguists explain how a language built from musical notes could convey complex meaning and even support conversation

New JWST images reveal the Lion Nebula in all its glory

This dying star appears to have a face of gas and a mane of space dust

On These Motorcycles, the Thrill Is Truly Electric

CHICO HARLAN, ZIA UR-REHMAN AND ASIM HAFEEZ

With gas prices high, people in developing countries are lining up to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said.

JWST images illuminate ‘black hole stars’ at cosmic dawn

First glimpsed as "little red dots" in deep-space images from the James Webb Space Telescope, these giant, gas-shrouded black holes are full of surprises

Stunning new images reveal cosmic cycle of death and rebirth

A new study of the Helix Nebula shows a never-before-seen detail of how dying stars recycle elements. Researchers found it by accident

No, AI didn’t just solve the thorniest problem in math

There's a million-dollar prize for proving the Riemann hypothesis. Claude couldn't pull that off, but it made significant progress on a related problem

Yale study finds 'Medicare for All' could save $1 trillion and 114,000 lives every year

The study has been touted by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as proof of the benefits of a universal, single-payer healthcare system, but the research hasn't been peer-reviewed

See hundreds of stingrays swarming off the coast of New York

A "fever" of cownose rays revealed by striking drone footage could be a sign of warming oceans

Major COVID study that fueled vaccine skepticism retracted over 'misinformation'

The study was originally published in 2024 and was criticized by other scientists at the time as being misleading

See the 2026 total solar eclipse from around the world

From a partial eclipse over Berlin to totality over Spain, see some of the incredible images of the August 12 total solar eclipse

As Europe Faces Heat Waves and Wildfires, Travelers Are Forced to Adapt

RYLEY OBER

Soaring temperatures, widespread wildfires and dried-up rivers are transforming tourism across the continent. Here’s how travelers are responding.