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Your Cells Are Always Building A Whole New You
Jan 01, 2026In the last year, you’ve basically replaced your body weight in new cells. So yes, it’s a new year, new you. To ring in 2026, we’re talking about starting anew, and drawing inspiration from tiny worms...
A Look Back At 2025 In Science, From Federal Cuts To Space Junk
Dec 31, 2025This has been a busy year in science, from government budget cuts and policy changes affecting research, to the record rise of renewables, to the surge in AI, and everything in between. Science journa...
How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations
Dec 30, 2025Being able to belt out a tune like Adele or Pavarotti is not just about raw talent. The best singers in the world have to work on their technique—like how to control their breath and develop the stami...
What The Sigma Is Algospeak?
Dec 29, 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. In a conversation from July, Adam t...
Tangling With Entanglement And Other Big Ideas In Physics
Dec 26, 2025What have we learned in recent years about black holes? Can entangled quantum particles really communicate faster than light? What’s the story behind Schrödinger’s Cat? And, in this weird liminal spac...
The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It
Dec 25, 2025Health psychologist Dr. Kari Leibowitz traveled to some of the coldest, darkest places on earth to learn how people there don’t just survive, but thrive in winter. She says that one of the key ingredi...
A Neurologist Investigates His Own Musical Hallucinations
Dec 24, 2025Imagine sitting at home and then all of a sudden you hear a men’s choir belting out “The Star Spangled Banner.” You check your phone, computer, radio. Nothing’s playing. You look outside, no one’s the...
‘Prehistoric Planet’ Defrosts Strange Animals Of The Ice Age
Dec 23, 2025Koalas with the bodies of lions. Elephants the size of your dog. Gigantic, 8-foot-tall sloths. These aren’t creatures found in science fiction: They walked our planet a million years ago, during the I...
How Did Vaccine Policies Actually Change In 2025?
Dec 22, 2025Since 1955, when Congress passed the Polio Vaccination Assistance Act, the federal government has been in the business of expanding access to vaccines. That is, until this year. 2025 has been filled w...
Why Astronomers Are Excited About Comet 3I/ATLAS’ Close Approach
Dec 19, 2025This year, comet 3I/Atlas broke into our solar system, but also the zeitgeist. This dirty snowball is a visitor from another solar system, and it’s only the third interstellar object we’ve ever spotte...