The Brutalist Report

Scientific American

• Summerlike heat is breaking records in the East. Here’s why [16d]
• The U.S. just experienced its hottest 12 months on record [16d]
• SpaceX punts Starship V3 launch to May 21 as investigation opens into Starbase worker’s death [16d]
• What it’s like being stuck in a hantavirus quarantine for six weeks [16d]
• ‘Sensational’ proof topples decades-old geometry problem [16d]
• New NASA Hubble image captures a rare, turbulent galaxy [16d]
• Scientists race to develop Ebola drugs as outbreak surges [16d]
• Math puzzle: Fix the matchstick equation [16d]
• Female beast hunters battled leopards in ancient Rome [17d]
• Helion Energy is building a fusion power plant. Can its technology deliver? [17d]
• The Riemann hypothesis is a million-dollar math problem hardly anyone is trying to solve [17d]
• Poem: ‘Horseshoe Crab’ [17d]
• Science crossword: At the same time [17d]
• Which problems will quantum computers solve—and when? [17d]
• A field guide to quantum computer qubits [17d]
• June 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago [17d]
• NASA dreams of a nuclear power plant on the moon. Here’s why [17d]
• How commercial satellites are changing modern warfare [17d]
• Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment [17d]
• A real quantum leap [17d]
• New high‑resolution map transforms what we know about Roman roads and the Roman Empire [17d]
• New ways to keep from losing muscle on Ozempic [17d]
• Readers respond to the February 2026 issue [17d]
• A lamp flickering on and off inspires the math mystery of Thomson's lamp [17d]