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Clean globe visualization showing a band of unusually warm water across the equatorial Pacific linked to El Niño.

The enormous mass of warm water in the Pacific that has just “woken up” and could influence storms, wildfires, monsoons, and temperatures through 2027

July 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Anopheles mosquito feeding on human skin, the malaria-carrying insect targeted in sterile male release research.

Science discovers the “point of no return” for mosquitoes: the mathematical trick that could forever change the fight against malaria

July 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM

They hid the number zero from an artificial intelligence system in the hope that it would discover it on its own; what happened teaches us an important lesson about the future of AI

July 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
MIT DAAAM robot memory system identifying bicycles and describing objects inside a mapped environment.

Scientists at MIT have created a robot with an “elephant’s memory” that promises to tell you where you left your keys last night—and it does so in a matter of seconds

July 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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NASA is developing and testing an artificial intelligence system that identifies 93% of the signs of a flash flood and could provide crucial time to respond

July 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Green aurora australis glowing above Earth as the International Space Station passes over the planet at night.

A NASA astronaut filmed the southern lights swirling like neon paint, turning orbital night into a free light show

July 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Ants swarm potato chip crumbs on sandy ground, illustrating how junk food scraps can distract ants from moving seeds.

A few cookie crumbs on a trail may seem insignificant, but a new study conducted in Panama suggests that they can distract ants from a task that is key to a plant’s expansion

July 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Macro close-up of a cockroach facing the camera, used to illustrate research on bacterial DNA fragments embedded in cockroach genomes.

Cockroaches already seemed indestructible, but a new genomic study has just revealed something even stranger: they harbor thousands of fragments of bacterial DNA hidden within their own genome

July 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Cozumel dwarf fox resting on pale limestone ground in Cozumel, Mexico, in the first confirmed modern photograph of the rare canid.

An animal about the size of a small house cat has just caused quite a stir in Mexico after becoming the first known photographic evidence of the mysterious Cozumel dwarf fox

July 1, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Wide coastal view of Giant’s Causeway with hexagonal basalt stones, tide pools, and Atlantic waves in Northern Ireland.

The Giants’ Causeway was not formed as a result of a battle between giants, but rather by an explosive volcanic event that took place 60 million years ago—an event that, as scientists have now determined, occurred over a shorter period of time

June 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Aerial view of farmland and wooded rural land in Georgia at sunset.

Georgia has just created a $2 million fund to save farms before these centuries-old fields are turned into housing developments, warehouses, and data centers

June 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Large rooftop and ground-mounted solar panels at a residential property in Puerto Rico, with workers on site.

Puerto Rico had a $1 billion federal fund to install solar panels and batteries in vulnerable households, but now much of that money is being diverted to the old power grid

June 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wide view of red-rock canyons and desert cliffs in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.

Everything pointed to another cut, but Grand Staircase-Escalante has just narrowly avoided, at the last minute, a decision that would have forever changed one of the most impressive natural monuments in the United States

June 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Side-by-side satellite comparison of San Carlos Reservoir in Arizona, showing much higher water levels in June 2023 and severe shrinkage by May 2026.

NASA photos reveal San Carlos Reservoir shrinking to a mud-ring, visual proof that drought plus demand equals trouble

June 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
People walk through a flooded neighborhood street after intense rainfall.

Sponge-city tech is teaching concrete to drink stormwater like a thirsty park — and it can’t happen fast enough

June 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Colorful coral reef with tropical fish under clear blue water, illustrating coral habitats that may better withstand ocean warming.

Coral reefs seemed doomed by marine heatwaves, but a new global map has just identified 64,200 square miles that may still have a real chance

June 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Researchers conducting fieldwork in Greenland for a study on ancient middens preserved by permafrost.

Greenland’s ancient frozen landfills contained microbial traces dating back 4,500 years that provided insights into hunting, agriculture, hygiene, and daily life; now, the melting ice is exposing these remains

June 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Construction crews in hard hats stand inside a large, concrete lined tunnel, a visual of Europe’s hidden underground routes.

Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and about 1,243 miles beneath the rock to change the climate… without almost anyone noticing when traveling

June 30, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Elon Musk stands in front of SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as the company pushes deeper into AI and market expansion.

SpaceX’s valuation keeps rocketing, raising eyebrows about how high a private company can fly before gravity bites

June 30, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Sunlight filters through a lone tree and casts long shadows across a grassy hillside, illustrating ground-level light and shade in Switzerland.

Switzerland just scanned what’s under everyone’s feet, turning secret geology into a national GPS for planners

June 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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