Science

Here’s what could happen if asteroid Bennu smashes into Earth in 157 years
Scientists have revealed what would actually happen to our planet if an asteroid the size of One World Trade Center ...

Coal emissions cost India millions in crop damages
In many parts of India, a single noxious pollutant from coal-fired power stations drags down annual wheat and rice yields ...

White House walks back funding freeze after a day of confusion
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is walking back the federal funding freeze memo that set off ...

Can anyone stop President Musk?
Elon Musk has an uncanny ability to sort out which of America’s rules are real. It turns out punishment from ...

These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the Baltic Sea
When I spoke with Guldin in December, after the first stage of the pilot had finished, he sketched a rough ...

Oil prices could fall after Trump tariffs spark initial energy price spike
Oil field, Alberta, Canada Norm Betts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices are likely to fall in the longer ...

Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago
Strange, flat patches on the teeth of ancient Europeans have puzzled archaeologists for centuries. But one researcher thinks he’s solved ...

Life cycles of some insects adapt well to a changing climate: Others, not so much
As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an “insect apocalypse,” biologists are desperate to determine how the ...

AI is ‘an energy hog,’ but DeepSeek could change that
DeepSeek startled everyone last month with the claim that its AI model uses roughly one-tenth the amount of computing power ...

Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions
The optimal fuel route for Mars involves arriving when the two planets are roughly on opposite sides of the sun. ...