Four Astronauts Came Home From the Farthest Point Any Human Has Traveled
Artemis II splashed down safely at 8:07 PM ET with all four crew after reaching 252,756 miles from Earth.
Kenji Nakamura
Bureau: Tokyo
Eleven Whales From Two Unrelated Families Helped Deliver a Calf Off Dominica
Eleven whales from two unrelated families helped deliver a calf. The behavior is 36 million years old. We just noticed.
Twenty-Seven of Twenty-Eight Sickle Cell Patients Had Zero Painful Crises After a Single CRISPR Infusion
The RUBY trial's NEJM results show CRISPR-Cas12a gene editing freed 27 of 28 patients from vaso-occlusive crises, with hemoglobin normalizing to 13.8 g/dL.
Gene Therapy Restored Hearing in All Ten Patients. Congress Wants to Talk Regulation.
A single injection delivering the OTOF gene restored hearing in all ten patients with genetic deafness — no implants, no batteries.
SuperCDMS Reaches a Thousandth of a Degree Above Absolute Zero and the Hunt for Dark Matter's Lightest Particles Begins
SuperCDMS at SNOLAB hit operational temperature — 1/1000th degree above absolute zero — ready to scan for the lightest dark matter particles.
The W Boson Weighs Exactly What Physics Predicted and the CDF Anomaly Appears to Be Wrong
CMS measured the W boson mass at 80,360.2 MeV, matching the Standard Model and contradicting the 2022 CDF result that had excited theorists.
JWST Finds a 'Forbidden' Planet With an Atmosphere That Doesn't Match Its Own Body
JWST found TOI-5205 b's atmosphere is metal-poor — lower than its host star — while its interior is 100x more metal-rich.
March 2026 Was the Hottest March in 132 Years of US Records
NOAA confirmed March 2026 shattered US heat records with 7.5F above average and Yuma hitting 109F.