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AI Was Supposed To Discover New Drugs. Where Are They?
Oct 17, 2025AI is everywhere these days, and though there’s debate about how useful it is, one area where experts think it could be game-changing is scientific research. It promised to be particularly useful for ...
How Math Helps Us Map The World
Oct 16, 2025It’s easy to take maps for granted. After all, most of us have a pretty good map in our pockets at all times, ready to show us how to get anywhere on the globe. But to make a map useful, you have to d...
The Science Of Replacing Body Parts, From Hair To Hearts
Oct 15, 2025It seems like every week, there’s a new headline about some kind of sci-fi-esque organ transplant. Think eyeballs, 3D-printed kidneys, pig hearts. In her new book, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human...
It’s Not Just You—Bad Food Habits Are Hard To Shake
Oct 14, 2025Remember “The Biggest Loser”—the show where people tried to lose as much weight as quickly as possible for a big cash prize? The premise of the show was that weight loss was about willpower: With enou...
100 Years Later, Quantum Science Is Still Weird
Oct 13, 2025In July 1925, physicist Werner Heisenberg wrote a letter to Wolfgang Pauli sharing his new ideas about what would eventually become known as quantum theory. A hundred years later, that theory has been...
An Off-The-Grid Nobel Win, And Antibiotics In Ancient Microbes
Oct 11, 2025This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three people whose combined discoveries outlined the role of the peripheral immune system—how the immune system knows to attack just foreign i...
World Space Week And Promising Climate Tech Companies
Oct 10, 2025It’s World Space Week, and we’re fueling up the rocket for a tour of some missions and projects that could provide insights into major space mysteries. Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi joins Host Flora L...
The Story Behind The Largest Dam Removal In U.S. History
Oct 09, 2025The Klamath River, which runs from southern Oregon to California, used to be a top salmon run. But after a series of hydroelectric dams was installed along the river around 100 years ago, salmon popul...
How Archaeologists Try To Smell, Hear, And Taste The Past
Oct 08, 2025Archeologists in movies have a reputation for being hands-on, like Indiana Jones unearthing hidden treasure, or Lara Croft running through a temple. Archeology in real life tends to be a bit more sede...
Moth Survival Strategies And A Rodent Thumbnail Mystery
Oct 07, 2025If you’re a moth trying to stay uneaten, there are competing strategies. Some moths rely on camouflage, trying to blend in. Other moths take the opposite approach: They’re bold and bright, with colors...