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The Mysterious Hantavirus Outbreak That Put the Virus on the Western Map

More than 30 years ago, in the Four Corners region of the US, an Old-World pathogen was discovered in the New World

May 6, 2026

Giant Squid Discovered Lurking off the Australian Coast

The massive sea creature left behind some DNA

May 6, 2026

These Beetles Might Be Flying Ubers for Worms

Trigger warning for anyone squicked out by wriggling masses of things

May 6, 2026

What Your Dream Life Says About You

A conversation with a dream researcher about how dream content and recall may reflect personality and thinking style

May 6, 2026

The Best of NASA’s Newly Released Photos From the Artemis II Mission

These are the highest-resolution images of the moon ever captured by human beings

May 5, 2026

AI Music vs. My Parents

My folks were taken in by the latest algorithmic “artist,” and it scares me

May 5, 2026

10 Books We’re Excited About This May

Quantum physics, AI pals, and seagull attacks

May 5, 2026

Fruit Flies: Masters of Hypergravity

These insects not only survived gravity four times stronger than Earth’s, they thrived

May 5, 2026

The First Male Neanderthal Genome

Genetic insights from a 110,000-year-old individual recovered from a cave in Siberia

May 5, 2026

For Every Patient Their Own Drug

Patients with exceedingly rare genetic diseases fall through the cracks of the medical system. This doctor is designing drugs for them, one at a time.

May 4, 2026