Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies

A startup has created beagles without the gene that causes runny noses and watery eyes for allergy sufferers.

New Research Shows Community Monitoring Can Protect Vital Flapper Skate Breeding Grounds

A community-led monitoring project tracked a critical egg-laying habitat of the critically endangered flapper skate for more than two and a half years. Divers, underwater cameras and acoustic tags revealed that skates repeatedly use the site for reprod…

A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals

Nobody likes getting a swab shoved up their nose. A startup in Japan has developed a much less intrusive system.

The 7 Biggest Myths About Total Solar Eclipses – Debunked

With Europe preparing for its first mainland total solar eclipse since 1999, many misconceptions, misunderstandings and myths persist.

SpaceX is coming for T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon
SpaceX is coming for T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon

SpaceX is preparing to build a terrestrial mobile network to “acquire quite a few” of the customers now subscribed to T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon. The message to compete head-to-head with the US carriers was delivered by SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell and CEO Elon Musk during the Q&A section of the company’s first earnings call. “The […]

2 ‘Flaky’ Habits Only Highly Intelligent People Have, By A Psychologist

A psychologist explains why the habit of canceling plans and quitting early can signal sharp thinking, not flakiness, backed by new research on goal disengagement

SpaceX made more revenue as an AI company than a space company
SpaceX made more revenue as an AI company than a space company

SpaceX’s AI revenue grew more than three times to $2.6 billion from the year before, mostly because of deals that the company made to provide compute to other AI companies, according to SpaceX’s quarterly earnings. The AI division, which the company said in its documents to go public was the source of most of its […]

How A Village Of 66 In Spain Is Preparing For The Eclipse — By Closing Its Mountain

Jabaloyas in Aragon, Spain, will close vehicle access to El Javalón during the 2026 total solar eclipse, putting public safety and the environment ahead of tourism.

Nearly 1 Billion SpaceX Shares Unlock On Thursday

SpaceX’s Aug. 6 lock-up expiration frees 911.5 million shares, expanding the float and testing how insider selling, short interest and new supply may shape the stock’s next move.

Congo Is Counting Fewer Than Half Its Ebola Cases

Congo has counted 3,822 Ebola cases. WHO’s own unpublished estimate puts the outbreak three to four times larger, above 10,000 infections.