Science & Technology
What is AI slop? A technologist explains this new and largely unwelcome form of online content
Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner space
NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life
2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from up close and afar
NIH grant cuts throw science into a ‘downward spiral,’ researchers and advocates say
The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source
