Meet The Giant Sloths That Gave Us Avocados — An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

Evolution rarely hits delete. Instead, it leaves behind living relics built for animals that no longer exist. Avocados are one of them.

Japanese Scientists Using Quantum Computers To Search For Dark Matter

Quantum processors operate in environments engineered to eliminate nearly all external interference. That just might make them perfect dark matter detectors.

Meet The Shrimp That Creates Shockwaves Hotter Than The Sun’s Surface — A Biologist Explains

This shrimp is no bigger than your thumb, and it’s a master of physics. Here’s how it manages to create shockwaves and flashes of light hotter than the Sun.

3 Subtle Signs Someone Truly Respects You, By A Psychologist

Respect doesn’t always announce itself. Research reveals that it lives in the quieter moments of how someone treats you.

Complete Guide To NASA’s Epic Artemis II Mission — Launching This Week

NASA’s Artemis II mission is due to lift off on Apr. 1, launching astronauts beyond Earth orbit for the first time since 1972.

Comet Alert: A Sungrazer May Soon Blaze After Sunset — Or Break Apart

Two comets — C/2026 A1 (MAPS) and C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) —could become visible in April. One may be super-bright or disintegrate, while the other may be more predictable.

Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size
Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size

We don’t review many solar panels at The Verge, but the tech inside Bluetti’s incredibly portable Sora 500 panel makes it worth a deeper look. The new N-Type panels made by Bluetti and others give you more bang for the buck, pound, and square inch. That’s a big deal for vanlifers like me who depend […]

3 Ways Couples Create Their Own Private Language, By A Psychologist

Private language builds the relationship in a way that goes beyond a mere partnership. It helps form a separate emotional world.

NASA Is Planning A Nuclear-Powered Trip To Mars

Why nuclear makes sense for the Red Planet. Google’s new memory math for AI. Why video games help you sleep. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

All the latest updates on AI data centers
All the latest updates on AI data centers

Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment.  From audacious plans to launch data centers into […]