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What exactly is 'the ick'?
Feb 13, 2025A new study has categorized the (wildly different) stuff that makes men and women get instantly and permanently disgusted by a romantic partner. And it's not always the 'icky' person's fault.
Eggs, AI & how to get people to have babies
Feb 06, 2025Why are birth rates falling? And do they ever go back up? Also, a study on eggs — and an email about two horses peeing.
Should I give up on climate change?
Jan 30, 2025With the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement... and its president chanting "Drill, baby, drill!"... it is absolutely fair to ask if your own personal climate footprint even matters anymore.
Is news bad for me? Science has an answer.
Jan 17, 2025Trump, pandemic, war... more Trump. If you're feeling overwhelmed by the news (or feeling burned out) — you may be consuming it wrong.
The end of social media fact checking?
Jan 09, 2025Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X — across platforms, fact checkers are being fired and replaced with... well, promises that regular people can do the job instead. They can't.
Bird flu 2025 - Spread, symptoms, risk
Jan 05, 2025The words 'next pandemic' are being thrown around by more and more experts watching the spread of avian influenza in North America. Why?
Crime & punishment in a "dangerous" world
Dec 19, 2024Just how dangerous do you think the world is? Because that changes how you'd punish a violent criminal (if you're a woman). Also, if you're frustrated with your democratically elected government... wh...
What is FOMO? (And how do I get rid of it?)
Dec 13, 2024You know that stab of anxious envy when you see people having a good time (without you)? You can get rid of that. Also, Gabe and Conor are back — with an unfortunate story about a random act of violen...
Science unscripted: Is another pandemic brewing? The current bird flu situation
Dec 06, 2024Nations are buying H5N1 bird flu vaccines amid the spread of the virus among livestock in the US. At least two children in North America have contracted the disease from unknown sources. How serious i...
How your brain understands other people (sometimes WRONG!)
Nov 29, 2024Some people seem very good at guessing what you're thinking. And some of us might find that we think very deeply about what people are thinking or feeling. The reason appears linked to special connect...