It seems like Halloween decorations are getting more elaborate every year. Instead of a viral 12-foot skeleton, a digital creator in Alaska has turned to nature to find inspiration for his spooky embellishments. In 2025, photographer and Homer resident Tim Hatfield was walking on a beach with his girlfriend. They noticed that some strands of
Talk of testosterone deficiency is hard to escape these days, with podcasters and politicians obsessing over how to avoid a “low T” lifestyle. As the hormone’s cultural salience deepens, demand is growing. In a timely move, telehealth giant Hims just launched a testosterone replacement therapy service for cisgender men. The direct-to-consumer juggernaut will offer two
From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of acres of land scientists never directly measure. NASA’s CASALS instrument will blend machine learning with an ultra-compact lidar instrument to adaptively ‘sweep’ large swaths of Earth’s surface. This
Priscilla Chan (centre) is the co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is taking an interdisciplinary approach to tackling disease.Credit: Mike Windle/Getty for Vanity Fair Some of the richest people in history are using charitable donations to explore fresh approaches to funding scientific research. Their ranks could soon grow: in the next year or so,
It’s boom time for billionaires. In the next few months, the world could see a fresh crew of technology entrepreneurs join that club, and the numbers of multi-millionaires would swell even more. How a new wave of science philanthropists can have the greatest impact Two giants of artificial intelligence, OpenAI and Anthropic, plan to go
With Alaska’s fat bears done packing on their winter weight and spooky season in full swing, it’s time to turn our collective animal-loving attention to a smaller mammal—bats. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) annual Bat Beauty Contest returns on October 24 and promises “plenty of batty puns.” Beginning Saturday, October 24, BLM will post