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Remembering Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell
Aug 12, 2025Last week, astronaut James Lovell died at the age of 97. In April of 1970, he was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which launched with three astronauts en route to the moon. While in space, how...
‘Underground Atlas’ Shows How Vulnerable Fungal Networks Are
Aug 11, 2025Fungal networks in the soil are arguably the basis of much of life on Earth, but they’re understudied and underappreciated in the conservation world. Scientists at the Society for the Protection of Un...
Lithium May Have A Role In Causing—And Treating—Alzheimer’s
Aug 08, 2025The mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s disease have eluded scientists for decades. But a new breakthrough points to lithium as a possible explanation—not only does it occur naturally in the brain, but a de...
Are Cold Plunges Actually Good For You?
Aug 07, 2025If social media and certain influential podcast hosts are to be believed, cold plunges can do everything from boosting your immune system to reducing inflammation to acting as an antidote for depressi...
A Nagasaki Survivor And Physician Recounts His Life's Work
Aug 06, 2025Dr. Masao Tomonaga was only 2 years old when the United States bombed his home city of Nagasaki. He survived, and grew up to become a physician for other survivors, known as hibakusha. He also studied...
65 Genomes Expand Our Picture Of Human Genetics
Aug 05, 2025The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at...
How The Moon Transformed Life On Earth
Aug 04, 2025For almost their entire 4.5 billion-year existence, Earth and its moon have been galactic neighbors. And the moon isn’t just Earth’s tiny sidekick—their relationship is more like that of siblings, and...
EPA Seeks To Revoke Scientific Basis For Greenhouse Gas Rules
Aug 01, 2025This week the Trump administration indicated that it would seek to roll back a key EPA finding that allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from things like cars and power plants. The 1...
You Can Whistle While You Work—But How Does A Whistle Work?
Jul 31, 2025Whistling is a skill used to communicate over distances—a whistle can mean anything from “you’re cute” to “time to come home for dinner.” There’s a complex series of mechanisms in the mouth that need ...
A Reptile’s Baffling Backfin And The Math Of Dashing Dinos
Jul 30, 2025Paleontologists have identified an ancient reptile with a towering crest made not of skin, or scales, or feathers, or antler—but something else entirely. It’s some kind of integumentary outerwear we’v...