Science

There’s mounting evidence that GLP-1 drugs have health benefits beyond diabetes and weight loss, for conditions ranging from addiction to Parkinson’s—and scientists are evolving theories of why.

Scientists, activists, and ordinary petitioners want the Olympics to break with Coca-Cola, comparing it to the tobacco companies that long sponsored the Games. They aren’t holding their breath.

Smoke from fires is linked to thousands of premature deaths every year, and is a growing health threat as widespread blazes becomes more common.

Imane Khelif has always defined herself as a woman, and has every right to compete.

A new nature-restoration project in Wales is being funded by an unusual source: thrill-seeking downhill lovers.

Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water.

Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source.

Four key rulings from the US Supreme Court will hamper the ability of the EPA and other agencies to write and enforce climate policies.

The advocacy group PIRG is asking the US government to conduct environmental reviews of commercial internet satellites. The group’s new report warns of a space garbage problem with Earthly consequences.

Sabotage. Property destruction. For Léna Lazare and her cohort, radicalized by years of inaction on the environmental crisis, these aren’t dirty words. They’re acts of joy.

The worsening climate crisis and the changes in the culture may have you wondering if you should skip Burning Man. Veterans of the week-long festival, which begins August 25, have some advice.

The world, the famed primatologist says, isn’t what it used to be—but there’s still time to save it, if we treat crises like climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty as one.

A data center in Paris has been hooked up to the energy system heating the Olympic pool. But critics say that projects recycling data centers’ excess heat are a distraction from the real environmental costs of AI.

Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air.

Legislation in coming years will set up a publicly owned clean power company and leverage the Crown Estate for investment in green infrastructure.

Once a sci-fi staple, the ability to beam solar power from space now seems closer than ever—but a lot of work remains.

One potential path forward involves hitching a ride from SpaceX—but not until 2025.

Across the Northern Hemisphere, August will see beautiful displays of meteors. Here's everything you need to know to enjoy them.

Eight weeks after the Starliner spacecraft launched, NASA is still looking for possible answers to its technical issues—including the possibility of SpaceX lending a hand.

With a new framework, researchers believe they could be close to explaining how regularities emerge on macro scales out of systems made up of uncountable constituent parts.

The proof creates stricter limits on potential exceptions to the famous Riemann hypothesis.

The New Zealander came up with a better way to jump, using a front flip in midair. But the sport’s stodgy authorities shut him down before the 1975 Games.

Calculating angular velocity and the moment of inertia isn’t quite as hard as competing in the 2024 summer Olympics gymnastics tournament—but it’s pretty darn tough.

Susan Clark is helping to unravel the mysterious workings of the Milky Way’s magnetic field, a critical missing piece of the galactic puzzle.

In a livestreamed update on X, Elon Musk and Neuralink executives gave an update on the company's next study participant—and its next-generation brain implant.

Surgeons at NYU took out the pig kidney because it wasn’t getting enough blood flow.

Biotech giant Bayer plans to distribute mustard greens that have been genetically altered to make them less bitter to grocery stores across the country.

Using DNA from tangerines and tobacco, food scientists have made a familiar fruit tastier—and more Instagrammable—than ever. We looked into it so you don’t have to.

Before the dear old model could even power down, Boston Dynamics unleashed a stronger new Atlas robot that can move in ways us puny humans never can.

Don't worry, your next surgeon will definitely be a human. But just as medical students are training to use a scalpel, they're also training to use robots designed to make surgeries easier.

Robots, computers, and algorithms are hunting for potential new therapies in ways humans can’t—by processing huge volumes of data and building previously unimagined molecules.

Actuators inspired by cucumber plants could make robots move more naturally in response to their environments, or be used for devices in inhospitable places.

The cerebellum is responsible for far more than coordinating movement. New techniques reveal that it is, in fact, a hub of sensory and emotional processing in the brain.

Afshin Mehin has helped design some of the most futuristic neurotech devices.

Every person has a different idea of what makes noise “loud,” but there are some things we all can do to turn the volume down a little.

If you've ever heard music, voices, or other sounds while trying to sleep with a white noise machine running, you're not losing your mind. Here's what's going on.