The Air Force’s secretive space plane returns after more than two years
The space plane spent 779 days, 17 hours in space.
Science // Science & Exploration
Are you a mouse who can’t let go of fear? Your microbiome might be the problem
After antibiotics, mice still fear a tone that they should think is harmless.
A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients
Shows risks of making decisions using data that reflects inequities in American society.
American whiskeys leave behind a web-like “fingerprint” as they evaporate
Scotch whisky (minus the "e") doesn't produce these web-like patterns.
As the Arctic heats up, what’s in store for its food webs?
A remote Norwegian fjord has shown resilience—up to a point.
Man kept getting drunk without drinking. Docs found brewer’s yeast in his guts
His “auto-brewery syndrome” relapsed when he had pizza and soda.
The “original disruptors” go head to head in The Current War: Director’s Cut
Audiences finally get to see Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's original vision for the film.
Fossil bonanza paints detailed picture of mammals after dinosaur extinction
Treasure trove of fossils skyrockets our picture of post-extinction recovery.
Plastic invisibility cloak hides you from people with plastic brains
A YouTube video of disappearing body parts is very clever—but it's not invisibility.
Rocket Report: Would you buy Virgin Galactic stock? Rocket Lab goes lunar
"Small satellites will play a crucial role in science and exploration."
NASA sets launch date for Starliner mission to space station
As with all launch dates, some uncertainty remains.
Here’s what the people who claimed Google’s quantum supremacy have to say about it
"If you were invited to come here [Ars was], you probably read the leaked paper [we did]."
End-Cretaceous mass extinction saw big swings in ocean pH
Ocean chemistry didn't work the same for over a million years.
We’ve officially annihilated a second strain of polio. Only one remains
Still a tough road ahead, but we're getting closer.
“I could’ve told you that” might have a useful role to play in science
Individual predictions might not tell us much, but group predictions are useful.
