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NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter
Jul 29, 2025The Trump administration has proposed cutting NASA’s budget by almost 25% and shutting down 19 currently operating science missions. On July 21, several hundred current and former employees of the spa...
Where Are We On The Science Of Menopause?
Jul 28, 2025Menopause is having a moment. Celebrities like Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, and Michelle Obama have recently shared their personal menopause experiences. Menopause and perimenopause are showing up across...
EPA To Shut Down Scientific Research Arm
Jul 26, 2025The EPA recently announced that it’s going to shut down its scientific research arm, called the Office of Research and Development. Since the agency was founded nearly 55 years ago, it’s had in-house ...
Parker Solar Probe Captures Closest-Ever Images Of The Sun
Jul 25, 2025In December, the Parker Solar Probe made history when it made the closest-ever approach to the sun by a spacecraft. As it whizzed by, a camera recorded incredibly detailed images, which show the sun’s...
Climate Change Is Upending The Home Insurance Market
Jul 24, 2025You can’t get a mortgage without home insurance. But in some parts of the country, it’s becoming harder and harder to find a plan, as insurance companies drop homeowners and pull out of entire states...
What The Sigma Is Algospeak?
Jul 23, 2025Gen Alpha slang can seem unintelligible to adults, but linguist and TikToker Adam Aleksic argues language development in the internet age is worth legitimate study. Adam talks to Host Flora Lichtman a...
How Millions Of Flies Can Help Stop The New World Screwworm
Jul 22, 2025The New World screwworm has cattle ranchers, entomologists, and the federal government on edge. The pest was successfully eradicated from the US decades ago, but has recently been moving north from So...
Why Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?
Jul 21, 2025In July 1925, the Scopes “Monkey” Trial captivated the nation. On its face, the case was relatively straightforward: A Tennessee biology teacher named John Scopes was accused of teaching human evoluti...
Why Don’t We Have A Vaccine For Lyme Disease?
Jul 18, 2025It’s shaping up to be one of the worst tick years yet, and concerns about Lyme disease—which is transmitted through the bites of some species—are high. Aside from a short-lived vaccine released in the...
Is This PTSD Treatment Too Good To Be True?
Jul 17, 2025About 7% of veterans experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and that number can be closer to 30% for those who have served in a war zone. But PTSD has been treated pretty much the same wa...