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Are You Flourishing? This Global Study Has Surprising Takeaways
Diagnosing Male Infertility with a Mechanical Engineering Twist
Could We Speak to Dolphins? A Promising LLM Makes That a Possibility
Do Mitochondria Talk to Each Other? A New Look at the Cell’s Powerhouse
How to Make Gold, Flamingo Food Tornado, and Kosmos-482 Lands
Could Freezing Arctic Sea Ice Combat Climate Change?
How a West Texas Outbreak Threatens Measles Elimination Status
Sinking Cities, Waving Cuttlefish and Falling Spacecraft
This Podcast Was Recorded Inside a Particle Collider
Rejecting Toxic Fitness Culture with Casey Johnston
Jupiter’s Cyclones, Amazon’s Satellites and T. rex Collagen
The Fungi Facing Extinction and the Conservationists Working Hard to Protect Them
Griefbots Offer AI Connections with Deceased Loved Ones
Scientific American in 1925: Solar Eclipses, Seances and Some Strange Inventions
How to Become an Urban Naturalist
Our Fear and Fascination around Snakes
Childhood Illnesses Surge, Magnetic Poles Wandered, and a Colossal Squid Is Found
From the Internet’s Beginnings to Our Understanding of Consciousness, This Editor Has Seen It All
A Disinfectant That’s More Powerful Than Bleach—And Safe for Your Skin
A Long Day on Uranus, a Better Method of Making Coffee and Dinos Fossils in Decline
How Are Prenatal Blood Tests Detecting Cancer?
Treating Bacterial Vaginosis as an STI Could Improve Outcomes
How the Science of Safety Helps Tackle Global Risks [Sponsored]
Yodeling Monkeys, Increasing Measles Cases and Stressed Out Americans
Cutting USAID Threatens Public Health around the World
Understanding the Science of ‘Squirting’
Shark Sounds, Molecules on Mars and Continued Federal Cuts
Go Inside M.I.T.'s 50,000 Square Foot Clean Room
Are These Plants Out of Place? A New Look at Invasive Species
NASA Astronauts Finally Return, Seals Hold Their Breath, and Penguin Poop Stresses Out Krill
Severance’s Consulting Neurosurgeon Explains the Science behind the Show’s Brain Procedure
What Everyone Gets Wrong about Colonoscopies
NASA Launches New Missions, Saturn Gains Some Moons, and Whale Urine Balances Marine Ecosystems
Movie Magic Meets Practical Robotics for Netflix’s The Electric State
A Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposes U.S. Postpandemic Vulnerabilities
Measles Misinformation, Ozone Recovery and Woolly Mice
Author John Green on How Tuberculosis Shaped Our Modern World
Must Be Microplastics on the Brain
How Did a Volcano Turn a Brain to Glass? Plus, Measles, Mystery Illness and Microbes
Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Your Head?
Saying Farewell to the Spacecraft That Mapped the Milky Way
Measles Outbreaks, Asteroid Risks and Fish Friends
Where Did Curly Hair Come From? Biological Anthropology May Provide Insights
Exploring the Hidden Life in the Air around Us with Carl Zimmer
Valentine’s Day Isn’t Just for Romance—The Science of Deep Friendships
An Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032. What Can We Do about It?
Microplastics on the Mind, Superstrong Shrimp and Bird Flu Transmission
Trump’s Executive Orders Create Confusion for Researchers
Avoiding Outrage Fatigue in Overwhelming Times
Tuberculosis Outbreak, RFK, Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings and Polar Bear Hair
Are You Tired of Feeling Cynical? Hopeful Skepticism Could Be a Way Out
Science Will Stare Directly Into the Sun--And Love It
WHO Withdrawal, Bird Flu Updates and a Link between Fitness and Treatment Outcomes
Combatting Climate Anxiety through Community Science
What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means For You
The Health Risks of Alcohol, a Red Dye Ban and Commercial Space Flights
Do Pain and Joy Have a Universal Language?
How the U.S. Mishandled the Early Days of Bird Flu
Outbreaks of Norovirus, a Death from Bird Flu and Wildfires in L.A.
Finding Pluto’s Potential Replacement with a Giant New Telescope
Going Outside Can Change Our Hormones and Improve Microbiome Diversity
A Farewell to 2024, and What We’re Following in the New Year
The New Conservationists: Thanks to Conservation Efforts, Pandas, Wolves and Panthers Are Making a Comeback (Part 4)
The New Conservationists: Meet the Next Generation of Conservationists (Part 3)
The New Conservationists: AI is Making Meaning from the Sounds and Visuals of Wildlife (Part 2)
The New Conservationists: Where Do Zoos Fit into the Conservation Puzzle? (Part 1)
AI-Generated Audio Is Entering the Podcast World
Leaded Gasoline, Orca Hats and ‘Disease X’
Iron Deficiency and Anemia May Be More Common Than We Know
Anthony Fauci Is Worried about Bird Flu—And How Our Divisions Could Help It Hurt Us
A Psychologist’s Tips for Avoiding Overconsumption This Black Friday
What RFK, Jr., Could Mean for Public Health, and How Tobacco Use Has Dropped Unevenly
Using AI to Understand the Thoughts of the Dead
Unscheduled C-Sections May Depend on the Color of Your Skin
An Off Day on Uranus, a Wildfire in Prospect Park and Dispatches from COP29
Reflecting on our First Attempt to Speak with the Stars
Humans Inherited a World That Insects Made
Baseball Mud Bath, Water Woes and Wooden Satellites
Why Weight May Not Be the Whole Story on Health
Your Zodiac Sign Mattered in Medieval Times
Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Climate Change to Education
Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Health Care to Nuclear Proliferation
Exploring the Science of Spookiness at the Recreational Fear Lab
Scurvy, Bird Flu and a Big Old Meteorite
Spooky Lakes and the Science of Haunted Hydrology
What Do Societal Beauty Standards Have to Do with Breast Cancer?
Microbes Are Evolving to Eat Cleaning Supplies, and Whooping Cough Is Making a Comeback
What The Next President Will Do about Artificial Intelligence
The Doctor Will See You, and Stop Judging You, Now
Your Rundown of the Science Nobels, and Europa Clipper Is Delayed
Is Singing an Evolutionary Accident or a Critical Way to Connect?
The Danger of Hurricane Downpours and the End of ‘Climate Havens’
Stem Cell Treatments for Diabetes and a Dolphin’s Smile
The Hidden Secrets of Math: Uncharted Territory (Part 3)
Your Next Pain Prescription Could Come without Addiction Risk
Fighting Global Misinformation, Ditching Plastic Bottles, and Hunting with an Octopus
The Hidden Secrets of Math: Invented or Discovered? (Part 2)
Untangling the Link between Eating Disorders and PCOS
How Pregnancy Changes the Brain, and How Lizards Make DIY Scuba Gear
The Hidden Secrets of Math: Beauty and Power (Part 1)