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A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work
Sep 16, 2025It’s common knowledge that many diseases and conditions have some kind of genetic link. But that wasn't always the case. In 1990, long before the Human Genome Project tied so many health issues to dif...
What The Label Of ‘Genius’ Tells Us About Our Society
Sep 15, 2025What makes someone a genius? Are they the smartest, most creative, most innovative people? Those with the highest IQ? Who we consider a genius may actually tell us much more about what we value as a s...
The Human Obsession With Aliens Goes Way, Way Back
Sep 12, 2025A video shown on Capitol Hill on September 9 reportedly shows an American hellfire missile attacking and simply bouncing off a UAP (the military term for a UFO). When videos like this come out, specul...
A Delicious But Invasive Mushroom Could Affect Fungal Diversity
Sep 11, 2025It all started harmlessly enough: People bought kits to grow mushrooms at home. But then, scientists in the upper Midwest noticed something strange. The golden oyster mushroom, which is not native to ...
A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail
Sep 10, 2025If you’ve flipped through an issue of National Geographic or scrolled through their social media, and caught a stunningly detailed photo of a tiny creature—like one where you can make out the hairs on...
How Shoddy Science Is Driving A Supplement Boom
Sep 09, 2025Dietary supplements are big business, with one recent estimate showing the industry is worth almost $64 billion in the United States alone. Take a casual scroll through your social media and you’ll fi...
Octopuses Use Suckers To ‘Taste’ Harmful Microbes
Sep 08, 2025Put on your party hat and wet suit because it is Cephalopod Week, Science Friday’s annual celebration of all things, octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. To kick things off, we’re bringing you an ode to ...
After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign
Sep 05, 2025On August 27, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the White House fired CDC director Susan Monarez after only a month on the job. Right after she was ousted, other senior leaders resigned from ...
Meet 3I/Atlas, An Object From Another Solar System
Sep 04, 2025Earlier this summer, astronomers discovered something strange whizzing past Jupiter: an interstellar object. Scientists named it 3I/ATLAS. It’s only the third interstellar object ever observed, and it...
How Common Household Products Pollute Our Indoor Air
Sep 03, 2025You have probably given some thought to outdoor air pollution, whether it’s wildfire smoke or smog from traffic. You may even check AQI measurements on your phone. But what about the air inside your h...