Your weekly roundup of the best stories on health care, the climate crisis, genetic engineering, robotics, space, and more.
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TIP OF THE ICEBERG | 21-MINUTE READ |
Jane Willenbring was the first to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and assault in Antarctica. Years later, women are still coming forward with tales of horror as a government investigation unfolds. |
FOREVER CHEMICALS | 4-MINUTE READ |
Alabama residents are considering blood or urine tests to see if "forever chemicals" have resulted from a nearby landfill fire that has burned since 2022. |
XENOTRANSPLANTATION | 3-MINUTE READ |
Researchers think a combination of genetic edits and an experimental immunosuppressive drug could make the first pig kidney transplant a long-term success. |
Noor Siddiqui founded Orchid so people could "have healthy babies." Now she's using the company's gene technology on herself—and talking about it for the first time. |
PHONE HOME | 5-MINUTE READ |
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres. |
SUN SPOTS | 1-MINUTE READ |
Marvel at these miraculous images of Monday's total solar eclipse along its journey through North America. |
By Karen Williams and Brian Barrett |
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In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found that Switzerland had not done enough to protect its citizens from climate change—blowing open the door for further cases against governments. |
| Friday morning's earthquake was felt from New York City all the way to Washington, DC. Blame ancient fault lines and bedrock for the jolt. |
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Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders. |
| SpaceX has made significant progress toward what once seemed an unattainable goal. |
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As "P4x," Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods. |
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