- Can geoengineering blunt El Niño’s fury?by Carolyn Gramling on July 8, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Marine cloud brightening could cool part of the Pacific and weaken extreme El Niños, simulations suggest. But the approach could have risks.
- A shoebox-sized satellite could expose hidden nuclear weapons in spaceby Emily Conover on July 8, 2026 at 3:11 pm
There’s never been a good method to check for violations of the Outer Space Treaty’s prohibition of nuclear weapons in space.
- AI tools meant to vet science are surprisingly easy to foolby Ananya on July 8, 2026 at 12:00 pm
The gold standard of scientific review, peer review by researchers’ colleagues, is in crisis. AI might offer a solution but has problems of its own.
- A robot swarm is on a mission to map Greenland’s perilous ice sheetsby Mićo Tatalović on July 7, 2026 at 6:00 pm
The ambitious expedition aims to fill data gaps about the glacier-sea boundary to predict when the world might tip into a catastrophic climate regime.
- Scientists say Beefalo are all beef, no -alo. Breeders disagreeby Libby Riddle on July 7, 2026 at 4:30 pm
A whole-genome analysis of Beefalo, a hybrid bison-cattle breed, suggests very few individuals have any bison DNA at all, a new study reports.




