This Star Just Ate a Planet, and It’s Not Done Yet
A star located about 1,300 light-years from Earth shows signs of having devoured one of its planets — and is...
Bayeux Tapestry Arrives in U.K. After Maximum-Security Operation
The Bayeux Tapestry arrived at the British Museum in London early Friday after a secretive nighttime operation involving multiple police...
The Work of Helping A.I. Destroy Work
Every day, Mercor, a start-up that sells training data to artificial intelligence companies, pays 30,000 contractors more than $4 million...
Your Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again.
Let’s just say cats have a reputation — of being standoffish, manipulative, maybe even jerks. Here’s more corroborating evidence: Scientists...
Passenger Is Partly Sucked Through Plane Window but Survives, Reports Say
A passenger survived after being partially pulled out of the window of a plane that had taken off from Thessaloniki,...
She Studied Ways to Make People Smarter
Lost Science is a series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the...
At Least 21 People Have Been Shot by Federal Immigration Agents Since Last Year
A federal immigration agent killed a man from Mexico on Tuesday in Houston, firing into the car that the man...
Ticks Are on the Move. Here Are the Risks in Your Region.
Summer is peak tick season, and with the pests comes the risk of Lyme, spotted fevers and other tick-borne illnesses....
U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says
The Energy Department has underestimated the potential deadly consequences should plutonium escape the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico,...
Claims of Poor Conditions in ICE Facility Are Bolstered by Health Inspectors
Inside the kitchen of an immigration detention center, potato salad sat at 81 degrees, twice the temperature considered safe. Surfaces...
How American Socialism Changed, and Stormed the Democratic Party
The word “socialist” has a unique ability in American politics to provoke high emotion. President Trump warned last month that...
Why Democrats Are Tripping All Over Themselves
Graham Platner’s implosion in his race in Maine for a U.S. Senate seat looks like another chapter in the Democratic...
Two Days of U.S. Strikes in Iran Signal a Sharp Escalation
U.S. forces sharply ramped up their attacks against Iran this week, hitting more than 170 Iranian military targets on Tuesday...
With a Successful Rocket Launch, China Clears a Key Hurdle in Race With SpaceX
China’s space program took an important step on Friday toward its elusive goal of competing with Elon Musk’s company SpaceX,...
New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say
The new Air Force One, which President Trump flew on earlier this week to Turkey, lacks the same defensive countermeasures...
