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Research, engineering, and the physical systems required to turn ambition into evidence.

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Wildlife and customs officers inspecting freight, permits and animal transport crates at a rain-slick seaport and airport cargo checkpoint at sunrise

Science • Investigation

Wildlife for Sale

The trade begins with capture and ends with desire. In between are airports, ports, forged permits, encrypted chats, online listings, weak laws, and animals treated as cargo with a heartbeat.

By Mira Sato • May 20, 2026 • 9:00 a.m. EDT

Photorealistic split-level ocean scene with a bleached coral reef below the surface and a research buoy and vessel above

Science • Explainer

The Ocean Has a Fever, and the Thermometer Is Everywhere

Ocean heat used to sound distant. Now it is visible in coral bleaching alerts, marine heat waves, sea-level records, fisheries stress, stronger rain, and a global observing system that keeps taking the planet's temperature.

By Mira Sato • May 7, 2026 • 10:10 a.m. EDT

NASA’s Artemis II mission lifting off from Kennedy Space Center

Science • Report

Artemis II Proved the Moon Is an Engineering Project Again

The launch mattered, but the deeper achievement was operational: human-rated hardware, multinational systems, and a lunar mission that generated evidence rather than nostalgia.

By Mira Sato • April 7, 2026 • 6:55 a.m. EDT