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Cleaner Air, Smarter Toddlers

CLAIRE BROWN

New research links climate policies to improved early-childhood development.

Psilocybin May Prevent Nerve Damage Caused by Chemotherapy, Study Finds

ANDREW JACOBS

The preliminary research was conducted in mice, but scientists were optimistic the results would apply to humans. Clinical trials begin this month.

Scientists Find More Than 1,000 DNA Variants Linked to Personality Traits

EMILY BAUMGAERTNER NUNN

More than one million genomes helped identify DNA variants linked to extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism and more. Researchers measured how those traits influenced how people lived.

This star has the strangest sky in the galaxy

The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way's supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted

What a novel about a dating app for dead bodies reveals about human connection

Author Sarah Pierce explores dating apps, loneliness and human connection through a novel about a corpse-matching algorithm

What’s the tech behind the record-breaking RSA-260 crack?

A researcher's social media post revealing how to break part of a popular encryption protocol has gone viral. But did he really do it with just "good old pencil and paper"?

Pentagon pauses controversial testosterone policy guidelines

Experts say there is not enough evidence to support broadly screening men for testosterone without any symptoms

Geometry Reveals the Tricks behind Gerrymandering

Some voting districts are tilted intentionally toward one party or another—a factor in the midterms. Geometry plays a critical role in gerrymandering

2026 Ig Nobels honor cockroach milk, interspecies kissing, taunting venomous snakes, and more

The silliest science awards of the year are here, but the Ig Nobels aren't just funny business

Hideki Shirakawa, Who Helped Turn a Lab Error Into a Nobel, Dies at 90

DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

The Japanese chemist played a key role in the discovery of electricity-conducting plastics, largely by accident.

The Brains of F1 Drivers Are Indeed Strange

ERIK VANCE

They are moving too fast for the normal mind to keep up, but elite drivers have more densely packed brain cells where it counts and use their minds more efficiently.

The World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs

KATE GOLEMBIEWSKI

Meet the earliest known insects. Shaking hands with them will take a while.

The Heart Drug Pelacarsen Fails, Shocking Novartis and Cardiologists

GINA KOLATA

Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.