How Woodpeckers Peck with Power, Why Flu Is Spiking, and What AI and Robots Mean for Tech’s Future
Why flu cases are spiking, how AI predicts disease from your sleep, and what surprising biomechanics lie behind woodpeckers’ powerful pecks.
Inside the Weight-Loss Drug Revolution: Promises, Pitfalls and a Pharma Arms Race
Behind the hype of GLP-1 medications lies complex science, serious side effects and a pharmaceutical arms race.
From Vaccines to Gender-Affirming Care: What New Policy Shifts Mean for Kids
A look at how evolving national health policies could reshape the future of kids’ care, from vaccines to essential treatments.
Want to Make Your Resolution Stick This Year? Behavioral Science Has the Answers
Behavioral economist Katy Milkman explains why most New Year’s resolutions fail and shares how science-backed strategies can build habits that last.
Fighting Drought and Heat: The Science of Growing Climate-Resilient Christmas Trees
As Christmas trees face mounting challenges from climate change, researchers explore solutions to help ensure that a beloved holiday tradition endures in a warming world.
From Agency Chaos to Dark Energy Shocks: How Politics, Health, Climate Policy and Space Science Defined 2025
A look back at 2025’s biggest science stories—from federal upheaval and public health setbacks to climate policy reversals and groundbreaking discoveries in space.
The Secret Voices of Hawaiian Monk Seals: Scientists Uncover 20 New Underwater Calls
Researchers uncover 20 new underwater calls from Hawaii’s endangered monk seals.
Orcas on the Brink—What a Dog Named Eba and a Team of Scientists Are Fighting For
A scientist, a journalist and a remarkable scent‑detecting dog race to learn what’s endangering the last southern resident orcas
A Hobbit Mystery Is Solved, 2025 Nears a Climate Record, and More Parents Refuse Vitamin K for Newborns
This week’s science roundup covers 2025’s near-record heat, a new mpox strain and fresh clues about why hobbits vanished 50,000 years ago.
Inside the Empire of AI: Karen Hao on Power, Ideology and Environmental Costs
Journalist Karen Hao unpacks the rise of AI “empires,” their ideological roots, and the hidden environmental and societal costs of OpenAI’s quest for artificial general intelligence.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Faces New Uncertainty on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has gathered groundbreaking Mars samples, but the mission to bring them home is facing serious challenges.
Puppy Power, Vaccines under Fire, Satellite Warning
Vaccine controversies, space pollution and puppy power.