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Photo of mathematician Terence Tao sitting cross-legged on a wood floor, partly in sun and partly in shadow, shot from above.
AI
OpenAI publishes solutions to more than 370 outstanding math challenges. The results divide mathematicians but most agree: Math will never be the same
By Jeremy KahnOctober 7, 2026
Eva Olsson, Ellen Moons, and Mark Pearce sit in front of a screen displaying Francis Halzen as the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 6, 2026. Belgian physicist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the Nobel jury said.
Innovation
Trillions of ‘ghost particles’ pass through your body every second. The scientist who hunts them just won the Nobel Prize
By Kostya Manenkov, Adithi Ramakrishnan and Stefanie DazioOctober 6, 2026
‘We can’t trust them completely’: AI research fellows warn that labs are running models with the safeguards off behind closed doors
AI
‘We can’t trust them completely’: AI research fellows warn that labs are running models with the safeguards off behind closed doors
By Catherina GioinoOctober 2, 2026
Gates Foundation and MTN launch AI maternal health platform to reach 500,000 women by 2030 in Nigeria, which accounts for about 30% of maternal deaths
AI
Gates Foundation and MTN launch AI maternal health platform to reach 500,000 women by 2030 in Nigeria, which accounts for about 30% of maternal deaths
By Catherina GioinoSeptember 22, 2026
Moderna’s Bob Langer and AI pioneer Yann LeCun join board of Cellular Intelligence, bringing AI into medicine via a Parkinson’s drug
AI
Moderna’s Bob Langer and AI pioneer Yann LeCun join board of Cellular Intelligence, bringing AI into medicine via a Parkinson’s drug
By Catherina GioinoSeptember 21, 2026
How often you check your phone matters more than how long you spend on it—and if you watch brain rot, you’re burning yourself out
Health
How often you check your phone matters more than how long you spend on it—and if you watch brain rot, you’re burning yourself out
By Catherina GioinoSeptember 11, 2026
Image of an experiment involving lasers to measure simulated hurricanes.
Newsletters
OpenAI says it cracked one of math’s grand challenges. But there are troubling questions about how they did it—and what it means for us all
By Jeremy KahnSeptember 8, 2026
Image of a DNA double helix.
AI
Google DeepMind publishes AI-powered predictions for the effect of all 9 billion possible single-point mutations in the human genome
By Jeremy KahnSeptember 8, 2026
Swiss biotechnologist Pia Viviani (L) and Swiss science journalist Atlant Bieri pose ahead of the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in Zurich.
Innovation
Cockroach milk and underwear studies win Ig Nobels at first ceremony held outside U.S.
By The Associated Press and Adithi RamakrishnanSeptember 4, 2026
Billionaire biotech pioneer Robert Langer
Success
Moderna co-founder is a billionaire once again at $1.7 billion—he once turned down 20 high-paying job offers to ‘have more of an impact on the world’
By Emma BurleighAugust 20, 2026
Gates Foundation’s $540 million gift to science comes as the federal government pulls back on funding
Success
Gates Foundation’s $540 million gift to science comes as the federal government pulls back on funding
By Sydney LakeAugust 12, 2026
Better spam Sam—OpenAI’s special process to fix problems
Newsletters
Better spam Sam—OpenAI’s special process to fix problems
By Alexei OreskovicAugust 12, 2026
Apple’s summer of ‘Sell’ ratings
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Apple’s summer of ‘Sell’ ratings
By Alexei OreskovicAugust 11, 2026
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Innovation
A fossil lost for 20 years just rewrote the map of dinosaur ancestry
By The ConversationAugust 10, 2026
SpaceX’s surprise lock-up rally
Newsletters
SpaceX’s surprise lock-up rally
By Alexei OreskovicAugust 10, 2026
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By Sydney LakeOctober 11, 2026
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By Joshua Hong and Nick LichtenbergOctober 14, 2026
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By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 13, 2026
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