Planet Labs Satellites Upend Wars While Beaming Their Images Worldwide

Planet Labs satellites are changing wars by bringing their imagery to citizens worldwide, even as these spacecraft become potential targets of attack by irate combatants.

AI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured It

A top management journal measured AI’s impact on submissions and reviews. Submissions rose 42%, writing quality declined and AI reviews proved uninformative to editors.

ASPCA And Best Friends Invest $14 Million To Help Los Angeles Animals

The $14 million investment by Best Friends Animal Society and the ASPCA into LA Animal Services aims to transform how one of America’s largest shelter systems operates.

‘Make Pluto A Planet Again,’ Says NASA Chief. Is He Right?

Is Pluto a planet? NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told Congress on Tuesday that Pluto should be recognized as a planet, 20 years after its status changed.

See A Blue Moon, Bits Of Halley’s Comet And Venus: May’s Night Sky

From two full moons to a meteor shower, here’s everything you need to know about stargazing in May 2026.

Scientists Are Starting to Unlock the Nanoscale Secrets of the Immune System

At WIRED Health, immunologist Daniel Davis detailed the ways in which new technologies are enabling a better understanding of the human immune system.

Step-By-Step Evolution Of A Chemical Weapons System By Poison Frogs

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of diet-derived alkaloids, whilst poison frogs store more and could chemically modify them.

Deepfakes: The Liar’s Dividend Has A Second Payout—And It’s Costing Litigants Real Money

Digital forensics is the only reliable answer to deepfakes—it’s also being weaponized to drive litigation costs.

Why Smart People Are More Prone To Decision Fatigue, By A Psychologist

Smart minds weigh more variables, consider more outcomes and carry heavier cognitive loads. Here’s how decision fatigue becomes a natural byproduct of deeper thinking.

Meet The Wombat — The Only Animal That Produces Cube-Shaped Droppings

The wombat’s intestine does something no other gut on Earth does. Understanding why reveals how deeply evolution can sculpt even the most intimate biology.