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An Ancient Penis Worm With Rings of Sharp Teeth Has Bee...

The 500-million-year-old fossil, containing a species named in honor of the kray...

The West Texas Measles Outbreak Has Ended

According to state health officials, a measles outbreak that started in an under...

How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obsession

Between homeschool provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and Trump’s attempts...

Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them

Since the start of the AI boom, teachers have been tasked with figuring out if L...

Tech in the Classroom: A History of Hype and Hysteria

From calculators to ChatGPT, the introduction of new technology into schools has...

What Do Kids Actually Think About AI?

Parents, teachers, and experts have big opinions about the impacts of AI on youn...

The Plan to Turn the Caribbean’s Glut of Sargassum Into...

With record-breaking quantities of the seaweed set to hit Mexico’s beaches, expe...

The End of Handwriting

For years, smartphones and computers have threatened to erase writing by hand. W...

Here's what the hurricane categories mean

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale​ rates hurricanes on a scale from 1 to 5.

AI Is Designing Bizarre New Physics Experiments That Ac...

Artificial intelligence software is designing novel experimental protocols that ...

What Is the Electric Constant and Why Should You Care?

The force between electrical charges is kind of a big deal—without it, the unive...

Examining the meteorite that landed in a Georgia house ...

A meteorite appeared as a fireball seen in several states, including Georgia, wh...

Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art

For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking gl...

UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure

Procedural hurdles yet again foil progress on a global agreement to end plastic ...

Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity

The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he’s willing to s...

‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on ...

WIRED found over 100 YouTube channels using AI to create lazy fan-fiction-style ...