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Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

Data Mine

Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

A.R.E. Taylor

The LA Fires Spewed Out Toxic Nanoparticles. He Made It His Mission to Trace Them

Toxic Legacy

The LA Fires Spewed Out Toxic Nanoparticles. He Made It His Mission to Trace Them

Nina Dietz

5 More Physics Equations Everyone Should Know

Dot Physics

5 More Physics Equations Everyone Should Know

Rhett Allain

Could These Eye Drops End the Need for Reading Glasses?

Vision of the Future

Could These Eye Drops End the Need for Reading Glasses?

Mara Magistroni

Astronomers Have Found 6,000 Planets Outside the Solar System

Exoplanets

Astronomers Have Found 6,000 Planets Outside the Solar System

Marta Musso

A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip

Good Trip

A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip

Emily Mullin

The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward a Breaking Point

Environment

The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward a Breaking Point

Ritsuko Kawai

Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn

Autism

Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn

David Cox

Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?

Space Invaders

Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?

Noah Shachtman

Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

Artificial Intelligence

Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

Amos Zeeberg

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

Interstellar Cloud

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

Sophie Hurwitz

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

Prized Knowledge

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

Public Health

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

Emily Mullin

How Energy-Generating Sidewalks Work

Dot Physics

How Energy-Generating Sidewalks Work

Rhett Allain

Vaccine Panel Stacked by RFK Jr. Recommends Delaying MMRV Immunization

Public Health

Vaccine Panel Stacked by RFK Jr. Recommends Delaying MMRV Immunization

Emily Mullin

Anti-Trump Protesters Take Aim at ‘Naive’ US-UK AI Deal

Trump Protests

Anti-Trump Protesters Take Aim at ‘Naive’ US-UK AI Deal

Natasha Bernal

AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All

Mental Health

AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All

Robert Hart

A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

Origin Story

A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

Jorge Garay

The DOGE Subcommittee Hearing on Weather Modification Was a Nest of Conspiracy Theorizing

Clouded Judgment

The DOGE Subcommittee Hearing on Weather Modification Was a Nest of Conspiracy Theorizing

Molly Taft

Fired CDC Director Says RFK Jr. Pressured Her to Blindly Approve Vaccine Changes

Vax Attacks

Fired CDC Director Says RFK Jr. Pressured Her to Blindly Approve Vaccine Changes

Emily Mullin