The Dogs Of Chernobyl Turned Bright Blue — A Biologist Explains (Hint: It’s Not Radiation)

Chernobyl’s dogs turned blue in 2025, and it wasn’t radiation. A biologist unpacks the real, verifiable science behind the color and the zone.

The No. 1 Daily Activity In Most Smart People’s Routines, By A Psychologist

The habit sharp thinkers protect daily: unstructured time. New research on walking, incubation, and mind-wandering explains why it boosts creative thinking.

A New Tropical Storm Will Likely Affect Hawaii This Weekend

Hawaii could be affected by Tropical Storm Moke this weekend. Another foot of rainfall could be possible on the Big Island.

Tesla sunsets its Solar Roof tiles
Tesla sunsets its Solar Roof tiles

Tesla has discontinued Solar Roof, its solar panels designed to look like regular roofing tiles, Electrek reports. Sources “close to the program” told the publication that Tesla has informed its third-party installer network that Solar Roof is no longer available to order, and that only conventional solar panels will be supplied going forward. While Tesla […]

The Super El Niño Won’t Fix the West’s Water Crisis

“People have talked about the Colorado River crisis for decades—we’re now in it,” says one expert. “Everyone you talk to is like, ‘Shit, man.’”

The Galaxy’s Fastest Star Could Reveal the Secrets of a Supermassive Black Hole

S301 passes close to Sagittarius A*—so close that its orbit could reveal how the black hole’s rotation warps the spacetime around it.

NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope
NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope

Plans to rescue NASA’s Swift Observatory satellite from falling into Earth’s atmosphere are seemingly dead in the water. The agency and Katalyst Space announced yesterday that the Link spacecraft will no longer capture or boost the Swift telescope to a higher altitude due to an ongoing “attitude control issue,” but will instead conduct rendezvous and […]

A ‘2-Minute’ Daily Ritual To Become Your Sharpest Self, By A Psychologist

A two-minute nightly writing ritual can clear the mental clutter that saps focus — grounded in real psychology on attention residue and if-then planning.

The Science And Lingering Human Toll Of A Recent Midwest Derecho

Two weeks later, many communities in the Midwest are without power. An expert explains the science and human toll of a late-summer derecho.

Trillions Of Organisms Are Living On Your Skin — A Biologist Explains What They’re Doing

A biologist explains the trillions of organisms like bacteria, fungi and mites living on human skin right now, and the surprising jobs they quietly do to keep it healthy.