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NASA’s Moon Base Plan Adds Two Rovers for Its Astronauts

KENNETH CHANG

The contracts, announced on Tuesday, are part of the space agency’s efforts to establish a moon base.

A Fiery Visitor From Space Photo-Bombs an Erupting Volcano

ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS

For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano.

How doctors will handle abortions if mifepristone telehealth access is banned

One in four abortions in the U.S. rely on telehealth access to mifepristone, but antiabortion activists want to ban it

This sci-fi novel asks—can what you will never know kill you?

There Is No Antimemetics Division explores how to survive when memories and meaning are malleable

Are humans really selfish? Rewriting the rules of civilization

Author Jeremy Lent argues that human society runs on a flawed, exploitative worldview—and that embracing interconnectedness could enable a more sustainable future

Iran threats expose the aging fleet that repairs undersea Internet cables

A small, aging fleet repairs the fiber-optic cables that carry data around the globe, and conflict zones can slow that work to a crawl

Tiny quantum computers could help create giant telescopes

Advances in quantum technology might allow astronomers to circumvent age-old issues that limit the size of optical observatories

The Viruses Causing New Outbreaks Are Much Less Familiar to Science

CARL ZIMMER

The types of Ebola and hantavirus panicking officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.

Threat of Explosion From Toxic Chemical Tank Lessened, Officials Say

REIS THEBAULT, HEATHER KNIGHT, SHAWN HUBLER AND CHRISTINA MORALES

The risk of a large explosion has been averted, officials say. But a smaller blast remains possible, and 16,000 people remain displaced.

Fish Sleep a Lot Like Us. (They Even Nap.)

SARA NOVAK

By tracking eye movements in zebrafish, researchers identified four different types of sleep, analogous to the complex sleep patterns of humans and other animals.

Gigantic ‘little red dot’ threatens to upend cosmic history

Debate still swirls around the nature of "little red dots," black holes glimpsed in the early universe by the James Webb Space Telescope. A controversial new weigh-in may settle the matter

‘Universal’ aging clocks offer new clues to longevity

A new study could help identify promising treatments to extend the human lifespan, researchers say

NASA’s Jared Isaacman unveiled the first moon base rovers and landers

At an event at NASA Headquarters event, space agency officials unveiled the first rovers and landers headed to the future site of its planned lunar south pole outpost

The secret to immortality might be a sea cucumber

The discarded fragments of this creature apparently refuse to die, leading researchers to claim immortality

A quantum computing system’s perfect randomness could keep your secrets safe

Generating and confirming the randomness of qubits could lead to breakthroughs in computer data encryption