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Mathematics Isn't Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/science/math-ai-history-understanding.html #Science #AI #Mathematics

Do You Have Questions About A.I.? We Want to Answer Them. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/science/ai-questions-callout.html #AI #Science #Tech

New Hope for Diagnosing C.T.E. in Brain Injured Patients https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/science/cte-diagnosis-brain-injury.html #Science #Health #Research

Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/science/daylight-saving-time-health-safety.html #Science #Health #Sleep

Where Is the U.S. Beating China on A.I., and Where Is It Lagging? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/us/politics/ai-us-china-trump-xi-economy.html #AI #Geopolitics #Technology

John Pardon Untangles the Theoretical Loops https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/science/john-pardon-fields-medal.html #Science #Mathematics #Research

In This Costa Rican Forest, Monkeys Come Face-to-Face With A.I. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/science/costa-rica-monkeys-ai.html #Science #AI #Wildlife

Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/climate/endangered-species-act-change.html #Environment #Politics #Conservation

'This Is Very Strange': Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/science/ancient-small-pox.html #Science #History #Health

Video: Dolphin Carries Dead Calf in What Experts Call Mourning https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/science/dolphin-mother-dead-calf.html

Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/climate/heat-workplace-protections-osha-trump.html #Climate #WorkplaceSafety #Regulation

Fauci and His Senate Nemesis Rand Paul to Face Off in Hearing https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/politics/fauci-testifies-rand-paul.html #Science #Politics #Health

A T. Rex Walked Here: Teacher Finds Rare Footprints in North Dakota https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/science/tyrannosaurus-rex-footprints-north-dakota.html #Science #Dinosaurs #Paleontology

An Anthropic Claude AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/politics/anthropic-ai-encryption-security-aes.html #AI #Cybersecurity #Research

On Second Test of Its Newest Starship Design, SpaceX Sticks the Landing https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/science/spacex-starship-13th-test-flight.html #Space #SpaceX #Rocketry

Phoenix Species Project Announces Funds for Imperiled Wildlife https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/climate/phoenix-species-project-bezos-dicaprio-rewild.html

What Is Navier-Stokes, the 'Millennium' Math Problem OpenAI Claims to Have Solved? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/science/what-is-navier-stokes.html #Science #AI #Math

Scientists Overhaul Giant Particle Collider in Search of Universe's Hidden Building Blocks https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/science/scientists-overhaul-giant-particle-collider-in-search-of-universes-hidden-building-blocks.html #Science #Physics #Research

Health Care Agency Discontinues Dozens of Active Research Awards https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/science/health-research-funding-ahrq.html #Science #Health #ResearchFunding

A.I. Offers Hope for Men With Infertility, Spotting 'Hidden' Sperm https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/science/ai-infertile-men-sperm.html #AI #Health #Research

Judge Dismisses Unusual Climate Suit Claiming Oil Giants Broke Antitrust Law https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/climate/michigan-antitrust-lawsuit-oil-companies.html #ClimateChange #Antitrust #Lawsuit

Yu Deng Predicts the Actions of the Whole From Its Tiniest Parts https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/science/yu-deng-fields-medal.html #Science #Mathematics #Research

California Needs Water. El Niño Might Bring Too Much. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/climate/el-nino-california-water-drought.html #Climate #Water #ElNino

On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/science/raccoons-toys-cozumel-mexico-research.html #Science #Animals #Research

How to Tell if a Giant Manta Is Pregnant? Give Her an Ultrasound. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/science/giant-mantas-pregnant-ultrasound.html #Science #Animals #MarineLife

Whether Chemistry or the Cosmos, Always Looking at the Bigger Picture https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/insider/science-desk.html #Science #Space #AI

$345 Million Verdict Against Greenpeace Should Be Overturned, Lawyers Say https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/climate/greenpeace-energy-transfer-verdict.html #Science #Climate #Law

'Zombified' C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/health/cdc-staff-cuts-rfk-jr.html #Science #Health #Government

How El Niño Is Shaping Storms on Two Sides of the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/climate/el-nino-hurricane-noreaster.html #Climate #Science #Weather

Paul Andrews, Founder of the Woodstock of U.F.O.s, Dies at 77 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/paul-andrews-dead.html #UFO #Obituaries #Science

A City With a Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/climate/cincinnati-climate-migrants-plan.html #Climate #UrbanPlanning #Environment

What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/science/ai-alignment-misalignment.html #AI #Science #FutureTech

The Perseids Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here's How to Watch. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/science/perseids-meteor-shower.html #Astronomy #Space #Science

Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/science/microscopic-videos-invisble-nikon-small-world.html #Science #Microscopy #Nature

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/science/nih-omb-grants-bhattacharya-vought.html #Science #Government #Research

Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/climate/trump-federal-data-centers.html #AI #Climate #Government

Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson's Hair to Hemings's Children https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/arts/thomas-jefferson-sally-hemings-smithsonian-hair.html #History #Science #Genetics

Jackie, Bald Eagle and Webcam Star, Is Recovering After an Attack in California https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/us/jackie-bald-eagle-critical-condition.html #Wildlife #Birds #Nature

Should Travelers Give Up on Summer in Western Europe Because of the Heat? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/travel/europe-summer-heat.html #Travel #Climate #Europe

Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon's Delayed 'Forever Chemicals' Cleanups https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/climate/pfas-forever-chemical-pentagon-cleanup-delay.html #Environment #Science #Pollution

Guy Tudor, Whose Art Brought Obscure Birds to Life, Dies at 91 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/science/guy-tudor-dead.html #Science #Art #Obituary

What to Know About Europe's Total Solar Eclipse: Where to See It and How to Watch Safely https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/science/europe-total-solar-eclipse-how-to-watch.html #Astronomy #Eclipse #Europe

What to Know About Peptides the FDA Is Considering for Use https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/well/peptides-fda-research.html #Science #Health #Research

How to Predict the Weather in Our Era of Freakish Storms https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/magazine/weather-forecasting-storms-predictions.html #Science #Weather #Climate

New Study Illuminates Bats' Murky Origins https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/science/evolution-genetics-bats.html #Science #Evolution #Animals

Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/world/europe/alan-turing-short-story-cambridge.html #History #Science #Math

Hong Wang Twirls in Fractal Dimensions of Three https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/science/hong-wang-fields-medal.html #Science #Mathematics #Research

Cowboys Fringants Bassist Is Named Quebec's Chief Scientist https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/world/canada/jerome-dupras-quebec-chief-scientist-les-cowboys-fringants.html

New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/science/tilcayo-new-cat-species-bolivia.html #Science #Wildlife #Discovery

A SpaceX Rocket Will Soon Crash Into the Moon https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/science/spacex-rocket-moon-crash.html