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Using Brain Waves to Translate Thoughts into Pictures

Young scientists dream up a way to decipher the mind’s eye with EEG and AI

May 22, 2026

These Tiny Flies Survive, Even Thrive on Snow

Genomic adaptations power their extreme cold tolerance

May 22, 2026

The Ancient Roots of “Sewer Socialism”

Urban planning wasn’t so different 4,000 years ago

May 21, 2026

After Two Centuries of Mystery, This Is How Tobacco Plants Make Nicotine

Understanding the pathway could lead to better drugs and vaccines

May 21, 2026

Are Humanoid Robots the End of Human Work?

Here’s what the people making the robots think

May 21, 2026

When One Dead Whale Becomes a Decades-Long Buffet

An ocean floor feast that’s bottomless

May 21, 2026

These Odd Birds Flirt by Clapping in the Middle of the Night

Who needs love songs when you can snap your wrists together loudly?

May 21, 2026

The Most Precarious Day in the Universe

On the same day the world descended into war, physicists saw reality itself unraveling

Illustrating the Precarious

How our cover artist sees these quaking times

May 20, 2026

A Look Back at Hubble’s Most Breathtaking Images

It’s been 36 years since it beamed back the first glimpses of our universe from space

May 20, 2026