Death Valley is so hot right now, rescue helicopters can’t fly.

‘The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape’

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us

NASA crew in simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

Melodies in chart-topping music have become less complex, study finds

She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country’s poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.

Why Do We Feel Sick to Our Stomach?

How Deep-Sea Comb Jellies Hold Their Shape Under Crushing Pressure

The Knotty Death of the Necktie

Complex life on Earth is older than we think

This week: Taxing billionaires, MadLib love letters, toy predestination, and more!

NASA’s vision of a moon-orbiting space station comes to life in new 3D video

Fangs and toilet seat-shaped head: giant salamander-like fossil found in Namibia

The real story behind Mister Rogers’ joyful flipping of the bird

High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan fossil

Lucy Letby: Courtroom drama, a failed appeal, and battles over the truth

Japan’s government is (finally) done with floppy disks

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completes 20th close approach to the sun

Incredible Hydrothermal Environment Discovered Deep Beneath The Ocean

Netherlands: How the Dutch became the tallest nation on Earth

Revolution in the air: how laughing gas changed the world

What Is the Longest Word in the English Language?

The Science of Dogs

ChatGPT just (accidentally) shared all of its secret rules – here’s what we learned

High speed video shows hippos get airborne when running

15 Years Ago, the International Space Station Accidentally Tested An Unresolved Question

How the microbes that make us sick also helped us evolve

How Influencers and Algorithms Are Creating Bespoke Realities for Everyone

Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next

The dangers of sneezing—from ejected bowels to torn windpipes

A new blue: Mysterious origin of the ribbontail ray’s electric blue spots revealed

How We Solved the Hole in the Ozone

Why Ernest Hemingway’s Younger Brother Established a Floating Republic in the Caribbean

We’re off for US Independence Day, but here is our explore page in case you need a fix

Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting

Ways to interact with virtual versions of our deceased loved ones are now a possibility – but there’s a raft of ethical and emotional challenges involved

Boa constrictor gives birth to 14 baby snakes after living alone for nearly a decade

China targets its first planetary defense test mission

‘Almost whole island homeless’ in Hurricane Beryl’s wake

Lo Manh Hung: The Story of South Vietnam’s Youngest Photo Journalist, 1968

The Fake Oilman

Watch This Pilot Land Her Plane After the Glass Canopy Opens and Shatters Mid-Flight

Two of the German military’s new spy satellites appear to have failed in orbit

Even a happy adoption is founded on an unstable sense of self

The fight against light pollution

Why GPS Is Under Attack

Who Stashed $2 Million of Civil War Gold in a Kentucky Cornfield?

Play shown for first time since 1671 controversy

Treasure hunters: the enthralling, emotional inside story of a house clearance

A bizarre video of eyeballs confirms our pupils shrink with age

NASA reveals origins of bizarre ‘furry UFO’ that mysteriously slammed into luxury North Carolina mountaintop resort

How Researchers Solved the Mystery of This 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck

Video: What should an electric car sound like? [5:17]

Flirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose

Study reveals fireworks’ impact on air quality

How a musical indie game went against the grain to explore the Deaf experience

Big Brother of the Brain Is Here

NASA Asteroid Experts Create Hypothetical Impact Scenario for Exercise

Scientists crack new method for high-capacity, secure quantum communication