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Is It Electric or Magnetic? Depends on Where You Stand

Dot Physics

Is It Electric or Magnetic? Depends on Where You Stand

Rhett Allain

Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections

WIRED Health

Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections

João Medeiros

If Ukraine Loses Starlink, Here Are the Best Alternatives

Falling Star

If Ukraine Loses Starlink, Here Are the Best Alternatives

Chris Baraniuk

US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself

Hazy Priorities

US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself

Zeyi Yang

An Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is Harming Patients’ Mental Health

WIRED Health

An Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is Harming Patients’ Mental Health

João Medeiros

Airplanes of the Future Could Be Fitted With Feather-Like Flaps

Nature Knows Best

Airplanes of the Future Could Be Fitted With Feather-Like Flaps

Saugat Bolakhe

Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur

Mini Mammoth

Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur

Matt Reynolds

A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response

Viral Load

A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response

Kate Knibbs

A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time

Special Delivery

A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time

Javier Carbajal

Dark Energy

These Plants Photosynthesize Deep in the Arctic Even When There’s No Light

Asher Elbein

Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak

Disease

Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

Appalachians Are Trapped in a Disastrous Cycle of Flooding and Rebuilding

Disaster Recovery

Appalachians Are Trapped in a Disastrous Cycle of Flooding and Rebuilding

Kristina P. Brant

The US Solar Power Industry Is Trying to Rebrand as MAGA-Friendly

Power Play

The US Solar Power Industry Is Trying to Rebrand as MAGA-Friendly

Kate Yoder

The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu

Egg Shortage

The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu

Emily Mullin

USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working

Outbreak Mistake

USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working

Kate Knibbs

DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica

frozen out

DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica

Leah Feiger

A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC

Infectious Disease

A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC

Marta Musso

Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way

Supermassive News

Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way

Jorge Garay

Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them

Bird Whispering

Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them

Geraldine Castro

DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health

Takeover

DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health

Matt Reynolds