MathematicsJuly 16, 2024
Professional Poker Players Know the Optimal Strategy but Don’t Always Use It
Poker players can now employ AI to find the optimal playing strategy, but they often don’t use it. Here’s why
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EcologyJuly 19, 2024
Stingrays Move Thousands of Tons of Sand on the Seafloor per Year
Public HealthJuly 19, 2024
Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics
PoliticsJuly 19, 2024
What to Know about Project 2025’s Dangers to Science
PlantsJuly 22, 2024
Meet the First U.S. Species to Go Extinct from Sea-Level Rise
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OpinionJuly 22, 2024
Nope—It’s Never Aliens
Space & PhysicsJuly 22, 2024
Watch Tornado Science at the Movies and Perseid in the Sky
Climate ChangeJuly 21, 2024
Emotional Ads Show How Climate Change Is ‘Robbing Our Kids of a Safe and Beautiful World’
OpinionJuly 20, 2024
Artificial Intelligence Will Let Humanity Talk to Alien Civilizations
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Public HealthJuly 19, 2024
Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics
Space ExplorationJuly 17, 2024
Name a Quasi-Moon with Radiolab
Space ExplorationJuly 15, 2024
Astronauts Can Drink More Recycled Pee Than Ever, and You Can Still Catch the Plague
Climate ChangeJuly 12, 2024
Contemplating Our Climate Future in Antarctica
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IntelligenceJuly 16, 2024
See Why Everyone Gets the Monty Hall Puzzle Wrong
How to finally wrap your mind around the uniquely counterintuitive Monty Hall dilemma
WeatherJuly 17, 2024
Meet the Real-Life Storm Chaser behind Twisters
Sean Waugh, a professional storm chaser and meteorologist, talks about his role in advising Hollywood on tornado science and the awe-inspiring experience of chasing twisters
EpidemiologyJuly 16, 2024
COVID Rates Are Rising Again. Why Does It Spread So Well in the Summer?
A combination of human behavior and immunity, the environment, and SARS-CoV-2 itself explains why the virus surges during both hotter and colder months
Space ExplorationJuly 19, 2024
How SpaceX Will Turn a Workhorse Vehicle into a Hulking Destroyer of Space Stations
SpaceX will supercharge its Dragon capsule to send the International Space Station to a watery retirement
OpinionJuly 17, 2024
ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting!
It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information
OpinionJuly 17, 2024
Why We Can’t Rule Out Alien Spaceships in Earth’s Atmosphere (Yet)
We can and should look harder for evidence of alien visitors to our solar system