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DART Showed How to Smash an Asteroid. So Where Did the Space Shrapnel Go?

Hit It

DART Showed How to Smash an Asteroid. So Where Did the Space Shrapnel Go?

Ramin Skibba

Turtles Carry Signs of Humanity’s Nuclear History in Their Shells

Tough Stuff

Turtles Carry Signs of Humanity’s Nuclear History in Their Shells

Celia Ford

Hurricane Idalia Is About to Slam Florida With a Wall of Water

Storm Surge

Hurricane Idalia Is About to Slam Florida With a Wall of Water

Matt Simon

The Massive Campaign to Air-Drop Tiny Rabies Vaccines to Raccoons

Special Delivery

The Massive Campaign to Air-Drop Tiny Rabies Vaccines to Raccoons

Emily Mullin

This Brutal Summer in 10 Alarming Maps and Graphs

Climate Change

This Brutal Summer in 10 Alarming Maps and Graphs

Matt Simon

Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference

Reality Check

Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference

Yasemin Saplakoglu

Welcome to the Republic of Cows

Moo-Topia

Welcome to the Republic of Cows

Jude Isabella

How to Cool an Object Without Using Any Energy

Dot Physics

How to Cool an Object Without Using Any Energy

Rhett Allain

The Battle Against the Fungal Apocalypse Is Just Beginning

Public Health

The Battle Against the Fungal Apocalypse Is Just Beginning

Maryn McKenna

Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records

Biotech

Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records

Emily Mullin

India’s Lander Touches Down on the Moon. Russia’s Has Crashed

Sure Shot

India’s Lander Touches Down on the Moon. Russia’s Has Crashed

Ramin Skibba

The Winds That Doomed Lahaina

Wildfires

The Winds That Doomed Lahaina

Matt Simon

The Impossible Fight to Stop Canada’s Wildfires

Climate Crisis

The Impossible Fight to Stop Canada’s Wildfires

Omar Mouallem

A Brain Implant Helped Stroke Survivors Regain Movement

Brain Power

A Brain Implant Helped Stroke Survivors Regain Movement

Emily Mullin

The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a Cure

Looking Ahead

The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a Cure

Amit Katwala

How Hilary Turned Into a Monster Storm

Extreme Weather

How Hilary Turned Into a Monster Storm

Matt Simon

The Most Popular Digital Abortion Clinics, Ranked by Data Privacy

Health

The Most Popular Digital Abortion Clinics, Ranked by Data Privacy

Kristen Poli

The World’s Workers Are Donning Cooling Vests to Battle Record Heat Waves

Meltdown

The World’s Workers Are Donning Cooling Vests to Battle Record Heat Waves

Chris Baraniuk

Adderall Shortages Are Dragging On—Can Video Games Help?

Digital Therapeutics

Adderall Shortages Are Dragging On—Can Video Games Help?

Celia Ford

The Lawlessness of Large Numbers

Mathematics

The Lawlessness of Large Numbers

Leila Sloman