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The U.S. is getting hit with severe stormy weather—here’s what’s stewing in the atmosphere

Cold fronts colliding with warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico could cause dangerous weather conditions, forecasters say

Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking

RACHEL NUWER

Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction.

What AI-herding scientists can learn from watching ‘sheepdog YouTube’

Controlling a small group of "noisy" sheep holds hints for computer algorithms

The 2026 World Cup will bring the heat. Here's how to keep cool

Extreme heat poses a risk to players, spectators and workers—find out where the danger is and how to keep cool

What Does ‘Triggered’ Really Mean?

MELINDA WENNER MOYER

This popular term is often misused, experts say, which may cause more harm than good.

China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrives at one of Earth’s mysterious ‘quasi-moons’

The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is slowly closing in on the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, on a mission that would bring China's first asteroid samples back to Earth in 2027

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