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Ancient Egypt’s first female king revealed by long-lost royal seals

Ancient Egypt's first female ruler lived centuries before Nefertiti or Cleopatra

Alzheimer’s Researchers Look at an Unusual Data Point: Head Shape

CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON

Could the geometry of our brains increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? It’s a provocative question, but one that some scientists are beginning to explore.

Google Eyes Large ‘Virtual Power Plant’ for Data Centers

BRAD PLUMER

The tech giant is funding one of the nation’s largest “virtual power plants,” which would pay homes and businesses to adjust their energy use when grids are strained.

Earth and Mars May Have Formed in Weirdly Different Ways

ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS

Chemical clues and computer simulations suggest the two rocky planets have unique origin stories.

I.U.C.N. Red List Classifies Most Shallow Coral Reefs as Critically Endangered

CATRIN EINHORN

If climate change continues apace, 96 percent of shallow coral reef ecosystems may collapse within 50 years, including in Australia’s Great Barrier reef.

The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests

CATRIN EINHORN

Trees are suffering one devastating epidemic after another, unleashed by insects and bacteria that enter the country because of global trade.

Data centers are a target of modern warfare. How do we secure the infrastructure that runs our digital lives?

Attacks against data centers in Europe and the Middle East are raising questions as to how we protect the infrastructure on which our digital lives depend

Astronomers unlock a mystery hidden in van Gogh’s The Starry Night

A misidentified constellation could revise the timeline for Vincent van Gogh's creation of his iconic painting

The inside story behind OpenAI’s million-dollar math proof

AI's solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, and the details of how it happened, preview a chaotic future for math—and the world

This implant burns up excess blood sugar with electricity

A new USB-sized device, tested in mice, could help people with type 2 diabetes better manage glucose levels

RFK, Jr., adviser Calley Means announces his resignation from the Trump administration

Means's views on the COVID vaccine, raw milk and fluoride have all been criticized by health care professionals

Where Do Autoimmune Diseases Come From?

DAVID QUAMMEN

Our genes evolved to fight ancient threats, but in the modern world, some of those changes may be turning against us.

Here’s what Moderna’s latest mRNA cancer vaccine data actually show

The Moderna-Merck mRNA cancer vaccine helps prevent cancer recurrence and death, the new results show

Losing Ground in the Climate Fight

From Brazil to the North Sea, economic interests have been edging out climate priorities this week.

Heat Waves Killed an Estimated 50,000 in European Cities, a Likely Record

RAYMOND ZHONG

This summer’s heat was the continent’s deadliest by far this century, according to new peer-reviewed estimates.