On the night of Aug. 27-28, the full Sturgeon Moon will pass almost entirely through Earth’s darkest shadow, creating a spectacular 96% partial lunar eclipse.
The eclipse will obscure about 93 percent of the moon’s surface. Here are the peak times and tips for the best viewing experience.
Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.
It’s 8:52 AM and 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius) where I live in Southern California. My husband just came back from a morning outing with our four-month-old. “How was the botanic garden?” I ask him. “It was okay. It was just too hot,” he tells me. I didn’t expect us to spend so much of […]
An expert witness asked ChatGPT to show the company was “0% at fault” in a deadly Houston explosion case. The prompts came out at trial and show experts how not to use AI.
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. Oura’s getting sued. A recently filed class-action complaint against the smart ring maker alleges that the company has duped customers […]
A rare, misunderstood psychiatric emergency is in the news via the Lindsay Clancy trial — here’s what families actually miss, and why.
Male honeybees are built to die the instant they mate — a biologist unpacks the evolutionary logic behind this insect’s brutal one-shot reproduction.
The next Atlantic tropical storm or hurricane will be named Dolly. It’s a coincidence given the death of a true icon, Dolly Parton. Here are some reflections on both.
New findings shed light on what’s making the parasite less treatable using the drug that’s considered a first line of defense.