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Who Wants To Smell An Ancient Embalmed Mummy?

Who Wants To Smell An Ancient Embalmed Mummy?

Feb 11, 2026

Wandering through a museum, you can get a glimpse of what life in ancient societies looked like. But what did it smell like? And is it even possible to get a whiff of, say, a freshly embalmed mummy, o...

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Stressed About The World? Take A Cue From Cyanobacteria

Stressed About The World? Take A Cue From Cyanobacteria

Feb 10, 2026

Cyanobacteria may be the ultimate lesson in resilience. These 3.5 billion-year-old organisms have lived through hell-on-earth conditions, and found creative ways to persevere. While the state of the w...

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The Largest US Particle Collider Stops Its Collisions

The Largest US Particle Collider Stops Its Collisions

Feb 09, 2026

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the largest particle collider in the United States, collided its last particles in early February. RHIC is a massive accelerator ring and set of instruments...

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Olympic Ski Mountaineering, And Mountain Goat Climbing Feats

Olympic Ski Mountaineering, And Mountain Goat Climbing Feats

Feb 06, 2026

This year’s Winter Olympics feature a new event called “skimo,” or ski mountaineering. The racing event involves periods of skiing uphill using “skins” for traction, sprinting uphill on foot, and a do...

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Why Worry About My Data If I Have Nothing To Hide?

Why Worry About My Data If I Have Nothing To Hide?

Feb 05, 2026

As ICE cracks down in Minneapolis and across the country, reporters and privacy advocates have drawn attention to how the agency is using technology: scanning people’s faces without consent, using pri...

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Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu?

Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu?

Feb 04, 2026

The new dietary guidelines from the USDA call for Americans to “eat real food” and consume less “highly processed” food. But how? By some estimates, ultraprocessed foods make up nearly 60% of the aver...

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The Growing Experiment Of Putting Solar Panels On Farmland

The Growing Experiment Of Putting Solar Panels On Farmland

Feb 03, 2026

In an effort to make their farms more environmentally and economically sustainable, some farmers are experimenting with agrivoltaics: growing crops underneath solar panels. This dual harvest is workin...

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We’re All Being Played By Metrics

We’re All Being Played By Metrics

Feb 02, 2026

Point systems are everywhere. Ready for movie night? Consult Rotten Tomatoes. Vetting a new pediatrician? See how many stars they have. At work, it can be even more pervasive: There’s KPIs and ROIs be...

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The Middle + SciFri: How Can Trust In Science Be Restored?

The Middle + SciFri: How Can Trust In Science Be Restored?

Jan 31, 2026

We’re bringing you a special bonus episode from our friends at the live call-in show “The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.” Jeremy is joined by Science Friday Host Flora Lichtman and theoretical astrophysic...

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Untangling The History Of Dog Domestication

Untangling The History Of Dog Domestication

Jan 30, 2026

All the pups we love—from chihuahuas to great danes—are descendants of the mighty gray wolf. But how did we end up with so many breeds? The story that's often told is that dog diversity really took of...

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