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Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Best Frenemies

Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Isabella Ward

Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law

Payback

Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law

He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature

It’s Alive!

He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature

Jorge Garay

It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño

Can’t Beat the Heat

It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño

Dennis Mersereau

Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

Not Going Viral

Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

Kate Knibbs and Emily Mullin

The Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Alien Disclosure Whistleblowers

Truth Is Out There

The Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Alien Disclosure Whistleblowers

Nathaniel Janowitz

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

Shark Tale

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

Molly Taft

‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy

Target Practice

‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy

Javier Carbajal

Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides

Shooting Blanks

Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides

Sophie Kleeman and Kate Knibbs

A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US

Rewiring the Brain

A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US

Emily Mullin

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

Power Play

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

Molly Taft

With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

Chance of Lava

With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

Robin George Andrews

‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs

Math Fight

‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs

Isabella Ward

You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Trump-Appointed Judge Rules

Bottoms Up

You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Trump-Appointed Judge Rules

Sophie Hurwitz

Congratulations! You Just Lived Through the Hottest Month Ever Recorded

Can’t Beat the Heat

Congratulations! You Just Lived Through the Hottest Month Ever Recorded

Molly Taft

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

Sky Is Falling

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

Teruyuki Hayakawa

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

The Price of Eggs

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

Maia Hibbett

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Strange Studies

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Jorge Garay

Two of the Universe's Great Mysteries May Have Their Own Dimension

Dark Duo

Two of the Universe's Great Mysteries May Have Their Own Dimension

Steve Nadis

Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It

Computer Enhance

Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It

Ritsuko Kawai