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The Shameful Controversy Over Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif

2024 olympics

The Shameful Controversy Over Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif

Paolo Armelli

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony

The Big Story

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony

Clive Thompson

The Incredible Physics of Simone Biles’ Yurchenko Double Pike

Dot Physics

The Incredible Physics of Simone Biles’ Yurchenko Double Pike

Rhett Allain

The Purple Track at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games Has a Secret Ingredient

Paris 2024

The Purple Track at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games Has a Secret Ingredient

Jorge Garay

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe

Climate Control

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe

Amit Katwala

The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing

Public Health

The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing

Emily Mullin

Uncovering Magnetism’s Mysterious Role in the Galaxy

Attractive Proposition

Uncovering Magnetism’s Mysterious Role in the Galaxy

Jay Bennett

Last Monday Was the Hottest Day on Record

Climate Crisis

Last Monday Was the Hottest Day on Record

Andrew King

Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe

Let It Burn

Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe

Zoya Teirstein

Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

Paris 2024

Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

Anne Pouzargues

No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane

Dot Physics

No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane

Rhett Allain

Anthony Fauci Worries About the Next Pandemic—But Worries More About Democracy

Q+A

Anthony Fauci Worries About the Next Pandemic—But Worries More About Democracy

Steven Levy

Polluted Lakes Are Being Cleansed Using Floating Wetlands Made of Trash

Planet Pioneers

Polluted Lakes Are Being Cleansed Using Floating Wetlands Made of Trash

Hannah Richter

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

The Big Story

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

Sandra Upson

The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor

Deep Breath

The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor

Mara Magistroni

The Highly Infectious FLiRT Variants Behind the Summer Covid Wave

Infectious Disease

The Highly Infectious FLiRT Variants Behind the Summer Covid Wave

Ritsuko Kawai

The Race for the Next Ozempic

The Age of Ozempic

The Race for the Next Ozempic

Emily Mullin

There’s Another Chance to See the Northern Lights This Week

Show Time

There’s Another Chance to See the Northern Lights This Week

Isabel Fraser

Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris

2024 Election

Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris

Emily Mullin

New Order

The Puzzle of How Large-Scale Order Emerges in Complex Systems

Philip Ball