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This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

Cosmic Horseshoe

This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

Jorge Garay

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

Pollution

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

Andrea J. Arratibel

An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

Brain Training

An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

Emily Mullin

The Black Market for Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, Study Warns

Shortcut to Success

The Black Market for Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, Study Warns

Fernanda González

Geometry

This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up

Elise Cutts

Private Companies Are Now Gathering Weather Data for NOAA

Winds of Change

Private Companies Are Now Gathering Weather Data for NOAA

Meg Wilcox

Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Nuclear Power

Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Becky Ferreira

Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results

No Shot

Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results

Emily Mullin

NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations

Reprogrammed

NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

See 6 Planets Align in the Night Sky This August

Look Up

See 6 Planets Align in the Night Sky This August

Gretchen Rundorff

Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors

Nuclear War

Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors

Elizabeth Chappell

The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

Nuclear Weapons

The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

Luca Nardi

US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles Out OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush

Oceangate

US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles Out OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush

Mark Harris

How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra

Superforecasting

How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra

Gianluca Dotti

Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato

Family Tree

Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato

Jorge Garay

Efforts to Ground Physics in Math Are Opening the Secrets of Time

Collision of Ideas

Efforts to Ground Physics in Math Are Opening the Secrets of Time

Leila Sloman

Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams

Pewcock

Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found

Not A Drill

Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found

Deep Vakil

The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children

Public Health

The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children

David Cox

AC or DC: Which Is Better?

Dot Physics

AC or DC: Which Is Better?

Rhett Allain