Why Doesn’t Anybody Realize We’re Going Back to the Moon?
On the ground at the Trump era’s most important space launch
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Don’t Get Sucked Into the War on Lice
It hasn’t been going well.
The Shocking Speed of China’s Scientific Rise
When will Chinese research pull ahead of the U.S.’s?
There’s No Way the American West Will Have a Normal Summer
This week’s record-breaking heat dome augurs badly for the months to come.
Who Will Apologize for D.C.’s Tornado Bust?
Some meteorologists made a lot of noise as the storm loomed—and when it failed to materialize.
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What 100 Million Volts Do to the Body and Mind
The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a person’s sense of chance, of fate?
Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers
The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.
Spain’s Wind-Farm Bargain
Renewable-energy projects can boost the economy of a rural town—if the community has a say in development.
California’s Deadliest Avalanche Turned on One Choice
Why did a group of 15 skiers take a risky route on a dangerous day?
MAGA’s Animal Nationalism
The Trump administration has a special bond with dogs and cats.