How to Free the Ever Given—Using Buoyancy Force!
Sure, you could dig the massive ship out of the Suez Canal. Or you could calculate how many containers you’d…
Everything You Need to Know About the Coronavirus
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Scientists Identify a Deadly Toxin That’s Been Killing Birds
Thousands of eagles and other fowl have died from a mysterious condition that attacks their nervous systems. Now, after decades…
A Boy, His Brain, and a Decades-Long Medical Controversy
No one could deny that Timothy was sick. But when doctors can’t agree on the cause of an illness, what…
How to Kill a Zombie Fire
Underground peat fires refuse to die, even when flooded with water. So scientists developed a new weapon to put them…
Even Mild Brain Injuries Raise the Risk of Dementia Years Later
A new study shows that concussions and other head traumas can have long-lasting effects on our health....
Covid Spilled From Animals to Humans. Now It’s Spilling Back
Bats likely gave it to a mystery animal that then gave it to people. We passed it on to minks.…
Quantum Mischief Rewrites the Laws of Cause and Effect
Spurred on by experiments that scramble the ordering of causes and their effects, some physicists are figuring out how to…
Fossils in a Forgotten Ice Core Rewrite Greenland’s Icy Past
A secret Cold War project led to signs of ancient life—and a new warning about the future of the climate....
100 Million Vaccines, New School Guidelines, and More News
Catch up on the most important updates from this week....