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‘Astounding’ amount of fishing gear lost in ocean each year

First reliable global estimate provides baseline for tracking cleanup efforts Source: Science Editor’s Choice

NASA’s asteroid-deflection test surpasses expectations

Spacecraft’s collision shortened its target’s orbit around another body by 32 minutes Source: Science Editor’s Choice

Secrets of Tibet’s hot-spring snakes revealed

Mutations helped reptiles survive thin air and bitter cold—and even find warm bathing spots Source: Science Editor’s Choice

Climate change threatens supercomputers

Increasingly intense heat waves, wildfires, and droughts are forcing costly adaptations Source: Science Editor’s Choice