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SpaceX to Spend $100 Billion on Spaceport in Louisiana

RYAN MAC

It would be the rocket company’s second private launch site after Starbase, its headquarters in South Texas.

The overlooked role of sperm DNA damage in recurrent miscarriage

New recommendations spotlight sperm's role in recurrent miscarriage

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could reveal dark energy’s deepest secrets

The more scientists try to understand dark energy, the more its mysteries seem to grow. NASA's newest space telescope is custom-built to crack the case

Meta to pay $18 billion and make sweeping app changes to settle social media harms lawsuit

Meta agreed to implement new safety measures, including a default two-hour daily limit for using Facebook and Instagram, for users under the age of 18

Controversial Alzheimer’s surgery is said to reverse symptoms. Here’s what scientists say

Jaw-dropping patient videos and miraculous testimonials ignited a frenzy in China over a technique that aims to improve drainage from the brain in dementia patients. Now it is entering trials worldwide

Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad

NOAH DALY AND ANDREW JACOBS

Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.

Electric rain can eat through metal

New research shows that water becomes electrified as it slides down smooth surfaces, leading to corrosion

U.S. approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug, heralding a new era for an intractable disease

Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the hardest to treat and most serious forms of cancer

Mars may be two-faced to its core

The Red Planet's global geography of low-lying northern plains and rugged southern highlands seems to have surprisingly deep roots, with profound implications for Mars's ancient habitability

Jill Lepore on why Silicon Valley gets science fiction wrong

Historian Jill Lepore explains what tech leaders miss in their favorite stories—and why the fight over AI data centers may be where the machine stops

The Ruthless Efficiency of Ultrapotent Street Drugs

MATT RICHTEL

Five decades after the “war on drugs” sought to make substance abuse unaffordable, illicit drugs are cheaper and more powerful than ever. A visit to Baltimore shows why.

Wall of floodwater sweeps away villages in Nepal, with hundreds missing

A massive flood potentially caused by a chunk of ice breaking off from a glacier has swept away bridges, schools, and other buildings and killed at least 160 people

More Americans believe the government is withholding information about UFOs

According to new research, more Americans also think they have seen a UFO now than in the past 50 years

Is there a ‘window of opportunity’ to prevent Alzheimer’s in women?

A pair of new studies point to the role of early menopause and hormone treatment in cognitive decline, but more research is needed, experts say

Army Awards $2.2 Billion for ‘Microreactors’ On U.S. Bases

BRAD PLUMER

The move is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to spur the country’s largest expansion of nuclear power in more than three decades.