The Brutalist Report

Scientific American

• Sperm whales may make their own vowel sounds, similar to human language [6d]
• Colombia will euthanize Pablo Escobar’s invasive ‘cocaine hippos’ [6d]
• NASA’s Artemis III will pit SpaceX against Blue Origin [6d]
• The East Coast could see blazing hot temperatures this week. Here’s why [6d]
• Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York cemetery [6d]
• The real science of Pokémon [7d]
• A hot pair of supplements, creatine and methylene blue dye, may not work together [7d]
• Unlikely paths to discovery [7d]
• The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America’s freshwater mussels [7d]
• Poem: ‘How I Became a Spitfire Pilot during My Cataract Operation’ [7d]
• DARPA built an AI to fact-check enemy weapons claims [7d]
• Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shouldn’t exist [7d]
• How cosmic rays are helping mining companies find critical minerals underground [7d]
• New evidence links heart disease to inflammation—and drugs can stop it [7d]
• An asteroid extinguished all the dinosaurs except for birds. Here’s why [7d]
• Math puzzle: A disassembly job [7d]
• May 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago [7d]
• Readers respond to the January 2026 issue [7d]
• How to build a space hotel [7d]
• Science crossword: Hot stuff [7d]
• How two mathematicians solved a cryptography mystery [7d]
• How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury perfumes [7d]
• The engineering marvels hidden inside six-figure watches [7d]
• Expensive versus affordable binoculars—what’s the difference? [7d]
• How physicists found a new type of magnet hiding in plain sight [7d]
• The humble ham sandwich inspired a math theorem for sharing food fairly [7d]