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Inside the race to spot wildfires before they spiral out of control

Finding wildfires before they explode in size could save countless lives each year. Decades of technology development may finally make that possible

The Best Genetic Risk Tools Don’t Work Equally for Everyone

EMILY BAUMGAERTNER NUNN

Genetic prediction models are poised to revolutionize medicine. But because they have been trained on European DNA, they threaten to widen health care disparities.

The Sewer Knows What You Ate

SIMAR BAJAJ

During the Covid-19 pandemic, wastewater testing became a virus warning system. Now, scientists are using the approach to understand how communities eat.

Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual

KAREN ZRAICK

The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.

This tiny, forgotten organ could help us live longer, healthier

A hormone produced by the thymus helps tamp down age-related inflammation, a new study in mice found

Rare footage reveals elusive Arctic bobtail squid mom with clutch of eggs

The Arctic Ocean is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but that's not stopping this cephalopod

Rare double supernova discovered hiding in Jellyfish Nebula

For the first time ever, astronomers have found two sibling stars that each exploded as supernovas, gaining a new view of these epochal cosmic cataclysms

Cameron Hamilton Poised to Lead FEMA Once More

SCOTT DANCE

Cameron Hamilton defended the agency last year when President Trump talked about eliminating it. Emergency managers hope for more stability if he’s confirmed as administrator.

As Natural Disasters Expand, a Disaster-Tracking App Is Booming

SCOTT DANCE

Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help.

Susumu Tonegawa Dies at 86; Nobel Laureate Showed How Antibodies Fight Infection

DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

The first Japanese scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, he went on to discover how memories are stored, advancing understanding of how the brain works.

How a Futurama plotline led to a totally new math proof

In an episode of the cartoon, a machine lets characters swap bodies, but they can't switch back with the same person. Math helps all the characters return to their original bodies

The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency

BRAD PLUMER

The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.

Monkeys Understand Shapes in Almost the Same Way as Humans

K. R. CALLAWAY

Our geometric intuition, long considered something that sets us apart, seems to be shared with other primates.

Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts

The Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars earlier this year on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, capturing the images along the way

What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals

CLAIRE BROWN

Warming is expected to fuel the spread of food-borne pathogens. We might not be prepared.