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Tennessee Valley Authority Gets Approval to Build Small Nuclear Reactor

BRAD PLUMER

It’s only the second time that American regulators have approved a next-generation commercial reactor for construction. Big hurdles remain.

Blockbuster retatrutide trial signals a ‘new high-water mark’ for weight-loss drugs

The experimental weight-loss drug is a triple agonist and the first of its kind to reach a phase 3 clinical trial

SpaceX’s Starship Makes It to Orbit for the First Time, but Returns to Earth Early

KENNETH CHANG

The 14th test flight marks a crucial milestone toward the company’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars, but it was not a complete success.

Why AI-powered romance scams are harder than ever to spot

How AI is transforming online romance scams, and what you can do to protect yourself

IVF ‘add-ons’ offer hope to parents desperate for a baby. But are they backed by science?

There's little evidence that many IVF "add-on" treatments work. Should they even be offered?

This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It

CARL ZIMMER

Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

NASA directive might increase the odds of contaminating Mars

The new push loosens U.S. regulations for sterilizing spacecraft bound for the Red Planet and calls for modernizing the science of "planetary protection"

The Atlantic hurricane season has been so quiet it’s unprecedented

El Niño has stymied storm formation even more than forecasters expected

Dangerous ozone threatened half of world’s population this year

This exposure reflects an intersection of climate change, air pollution and public health, says new analysis

AI solves a ‘holy grail’ problem from probability theory

Just days after a Fields Medalist predicted that an AI would solve the puzzle, Anthropic succeeded

Trump’s surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier clears key Senate committee

Saphier's nomination now heads to the full Senate for a vote

Satellite images reveal ethereal auroral storm raging above the North Pole

The satellite, Smile, is a joint European and Chinese mission to study space weather and geomagnetic storms above Earth

Strange things happen in four dimensions

Disorder, exotic shapes and great uncertainty: while mathematicians understand phenomena in low and high dimensions very well, the 4D world raises many questions

Viper Image That Caused Alarm in California Was A.I.-Generated

VICTOR MATHER

A Gaboon viper, a venomous snake native to equatorial regions of Africa, was supposedly photographed in a tree in Santa Ana, Calif. How could that be? Well, it turns out it wasn’t.

See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California

RAYMOND ZHONG

An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.