
The Earth is dragging spacetime around its orbit, just as Einstein predicted
A best-yet measurement of one of general relativity’s most mind-boggling effects is “another feather in Einstein’s cap”

The Earth is dragging spacetime around its orbit, just as Einstein predicted
A best-yet measurement of one of general relativity’s most mind-boggling effects is “another feather in Einstein’s cap”
Detecting hidden nuclear weapons in space may be possible using cosmic rays
Why more extreme rain could mean more shark bites
Should you be taking creatine?
Today’s Hard Sudoku

Why ‘Neil the seal’ is unleashing chaos in Tasmania
Why are the steel beams inside a Manhattan skyscraper buckling?
How math helped the Allies win World War II
Astronomers just discovered some of the most primordial quasars in the universe

U.S. science is in chaos
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My childhood in science
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Atul Gawande
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Inside U.S. labs at a moment of fear—and unexpected promise
What people get wrong about scientists
Create as many words as you can!
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.

Why we'll never live in space
The puzzle of the first black holes
What if we never find dark matter?
How viruses may reshape the body’s ‘soil’ to promote cancer growth
Learning from unexpected results: This neuroscientist is redefining how the brain learns
How Erini Lambrides went from seeking theater stardom to studying the stars at NASA
Disclosure Day raises a big question: How do you talk to aliens?

Should you be taking creatine?
The sport supplement is popular among health influencers and athletes, who say creatine can help build stronger muscles and sharper brains—but is it legit?

Chaotic pigeons are helping redefine what we know about learning
Pigeons seem to defy a century-old psychology law about how rewards and consequences help us learn

Wordle, but for art history—Anthropeum puts your artifact smarts to the test
Anthropeum is a daily game that uses the Met’s open-access data to showcase underrepresented art and artifacts

Chinese spacecraft beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon”
China’s Tianwen-2 aims to collect samples from asteroid Kamo’oalewa and return them to Earth

How working memory could give rise to consciousness
Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we’re engaged in right now, and scientists think it may be closely entwined with consciousness

Why are the steel beams inside a Manhattan skyscraper buckling?
Steel support columns in the Midtown building, which is being converted from offices into apartments, may have been overloaded, experts say