April 10, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Why bombing Iran’s nuclear power plant could cause an environmental disaster Strikes to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could release long-lasting radioactive cesium 137 into the Persian Gulf, causing environmental calamity and threatening drinking-water supplies for millions By Stephanie Pappas edited by Andrea Thompson…
The Artemis II crew – (from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman – pause for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)NASA via Getty Images
Accusations of rape and other misconduct against Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has thrown California’s already chaotic California gubernatorial race into unknown territory, with influential politicians calling on Swalwell to drop out ASAP. Four women, including an ex-staffer for the Bay Area representative who says Swalwell raped her two years ago, have alleged attacks and unwelcomed explicit communications,…
Europe is finding itself on the outs with Russia, China and the U.S., in what’s amounting to its very own “Mean Girls” moment.
UFC 327 takes place tonight, with Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg clashing in a title-fight main event. The vacant light-heavyweight belt will be up for grabs at the Kaseya Center in Miami, where former champion Prochazka aims to kickstart a second title reign. To do so, the Czech must overcome New Zealand’s rising contender Ulberg,…
While President Trump’s war aims have changed by the moment, Iran has stuck to firm demands. The question is whether it will compromise in peace negotiations.
In 2012, Shinichi Mochizuki published a paper claiming to provide a proof for the ABC conjecture in number theory Newscom/Alamy One of the most bitterly contested proofs in modern mathematics may be on the verge of being untangled. Two projects, both aiming to use a computer program to cast new light on the controversy, are…
When the One Big Beautiful Bill arrived as a 900-page unstructured document — with no standardized schema, no published IRS forms, and a hard shipping deadline — Intuit’s TurboTax team had a question: could AI compress a months-long implementation into days without sacrificing accuracy? What they built to do it is less a tax story…
Director Paul Feig slammed the “unnecessary outrage” around Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle eugenics-jeans controversy. To be fair, Sydney wanted the “outrage” because she thought it would sell more jeans. She only backtracked & clarified months after the fiasco because she misjudged her brand & one of her films bombed. [Pajiba]A popular couple from Love on…
TOPSHOT – A policeman stands guard in front of a digital screen displaying news of USIran peace talks along a road in Islamabad on April 10, 2026. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP via Getty Images) Farooq Naeem | Afp | Getty Images Pakistan confirmed the arrival of a delegation of Iranian negotiators ahead of…
