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Newly discovered ‘demon cave fish’ hid out in Alabama military installation for 40 years

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Scientists named this oddball creature after the Demogorgon from Stranger Things

The hackers protecting America’s water supply

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Cybersecurity experts are volunteering to keep America’s utilities safe from attacks

Yesterday

House passes stopgap bill that pauses changes to federal science grant-making process

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The proposed changes, which would have given control of science funding to appointed bureaucrats, were criticized widely by the scientific community

Nepal’s deadly debris avalanche is a warning for the rest of the world

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Avalanches like the one that devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet are becoming more common thanks to climate change. Here’s where else is at risk

Mathematician discovers how to fold the smallest origami doughnut

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How many times do you have to fold a piece of paper to make a doughnut? After decades, a mathematician has determined the most efficient technique

Why the Grand Canyon flash flood was so devastating

20 plus missing Grand Canyon

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Experts explain why a monsoon storm turned so deadly

Where is the Roman Telescope in space?

NASA launches Roman space telescope

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The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is headed toward a Lagrange point, a critical position in outer space where gravitational forces behave in specific ways

Have we finally found dark matter?

LZ finds hint of WIMP

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The world’s biggest dark matter search saw a particle it cannot explain

Growth hormone peptides promise to stall aging—but does the science stack up?

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Sermorelin, tesamorelin and other growth hormone peptides are being touted as antiaging elixirs, but what evidence is behind those claims?

Bonus crossword: Tints of life

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Play a bonus science crossword that ties into even more stories from the September 2026 issue of Scientific American .

The brain, solved

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The human brain has upward of 86 billion neurons, connected by some 100 trillion synapses

How much should a dinosaur cost?

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Fossils are selling for tens of millions of dollars at auction. But why are the ancient creatures the hot new thing for the ultrarich?

Aug 31, 2026

Dark matter experiment catches quietest neutrinos ever measured

Liquid xenon detects solar neutrinos

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In its hunt for dark matter, the XENONnT experiment has detected the rare, feeble glow of neutrinos smacking into electrons

The backlash against screens in schools is escalating

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School districts are banning AI, states are limiting educational technology in classrooms, and Meta will set new “school mode” restrictions — here’s what to know

What’s next for NASA’s new Roman Space Telescope?

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After a flawless launch, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries

NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to explore dark energy and distant worlds

Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launched

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to probe dark energy, hunt for distant worlds and transform our view of the universe

Aug 30, 2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches to space

Roman Telescope completes launch rehearsal

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The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will probe dark matter and dark energy, discover exoplanets and study stars

Why obsessing over self-improvement could be sabotaging your brain

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Our obsession with ‘maxxing’ every aspect of our lives could actually be stressing us out

Aug 29, 2026

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think

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The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that may swarm with small, rocky exoplanets

Why your ability to cope with stress changes with time

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Seasonal changes have more effects on your biology and behavior than you might realize

Aug 28, 2026

Where are all the aliens? A new book explores possible answers

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Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships , gives readers a tour of the astonishing science behind modern searches for alien life

Top 10 Roman Space Telescope science breakthroughs

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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will open a whole new window on the cosmos. Here are 10 things it’s likely to show us

Alpha School’s AI teaching model is expanding. Does it work?

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The fast-growing private-school network is handing much of instruction over to artificial intelligence. Researchers say the science is far from settled

See last night’s ‘blood moon’ eclipse from around the world

Blood Moon partial eclipse Aug 28

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In a near-total lunar eclipse, the moon turned red-orange for viewers in North America, Europe and Africa

How the brain learns to read is an evolutionary mystery—a new study offers clues

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Reading hasn't been around for long, evolutionary speaking. Instead, the brain recruits systems evolved for other purposes

How will NASA’s Roman Space Telescope see exoplanets?

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NASA’s newest major observatory will include the most advanced planet-imaging tech ever flown in space. Here’s how it works

GTA has always raised anxieties over video games and violence—here’s what the science actually says

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The evidence in favor of and against video games promoting aggressive behavior is murkier than you might think

How changes to Endangered Species Act regulations could hurt wildlife

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