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El Niño is here and could tip Earth to a new record hot year

Scientists have been expecting El Niño to set in for quite a while now—and it's finally official

Democrats Once Vowed to Stop Oil and Gas. Now They’re Not So Sure.

LISA FRIEDMAN AND BRAD PLUMER

As the midterm elections approach, many leading Democrats are rethinking their approach to climate change.

Humans and AI race to ‘blow up’ math’s toughest equations

New results challenge AI's promise for solving how fluids swirl—and suggest a more human path forward

Tilly Edinger: The paleoneurologist saved by her science

Johanna Gabriela Ottilie "Tilly" Edinger dedicated her career to studying ancient brains. It saved her life

The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know

GINA KOLATA

Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself?

Artemis Astronauts to Wear Prada Spacesuits

VANESSA FRIEDMAN

Prada and Axiom Space unveiled the bodysuit that will go to the moon.

Scientists Measure Earth’s Vast Underground Fungal Webs

EMILY ANTHES

With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system.

See the hidden fungal network so big it could stretch to Proxima Centauri and back

Researchers have created the first high-resolution global map of the extent of one of Earth's largest—and least visible—living networks

Children’s zip codes change their brains, new study finds

Children living in areas with low socioeconomic opportunities have more tired and stressed brains, a new study finds

Meet LEV-2, a baseball-sized and absurdly cute moon robot

This tiny robot might look like a high-tech hamster ball, but it could hasten lunar exploration

Obstetricians oppose CDC to recommend more shots for moms

In a first, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its own vaccine schedule

The U.S. stockpiles oil in huge underground salt caverns. Here’s why

Salt, with its ability to seal liquid in, is uniquely suited to storing the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Cleve Moler, Who Unlocked the Power of Computing for Millions, Dies at 86

CLAY RISEN

He built interfaces that allowed engineers, scientists and everyday people to solve difficult problems without having to write the underlying code.

Alan Hale, Sky Watcher Who Created a Comet Sensation, Dies at 68

TRIP GABRIEL

In 1995, he and Thomas Bopp spotted, from different states, the same mysterious object in the sky. What turned out to be a comet was named after them: Hale-Bopp.

She Used A.I. to Create Better Forecasts for Extreme Weather. Then Her Funding Was Cut.

SACHI KITAJIMA MULKEY

Amy McGovern was the director of an A.I. institute dedicated to weather forecasting — until the National Science Foundation ended its funding.