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Developing Expertise Improves the Brain’s Ability to Co...

Expertise bulks up the brain’s ability to think deeply, a skill that may general...

Insects Played Pivotal Roles in the Evolution of Human ...

Violins, the ink on the Declaration of Independence and other ways that insects ...

We Need to Ensure Legal Cannabis Is Safe

Today’s cannabis plant is highly cultivated and incredibly potent. Treating it l...

Trump Administration Likely to Repeal Methane Leak Penalty

A fee created to push oil and gas companies to plug methane leaks could be axed ...

Jonny Kim’s Third Act: NASA Astronaut

Jonny Kim—a former Navy SEAL and ER doctor—is now a NASA astronaut who will soon...

How Geometry Revealed Quantum Memory

The unexpected discovery of a geometric phase shows how math and physics are tig...

Trump’s Election Threatens Heat Protections for Workers

A Biden administration proposal that would require employers to provide cooling ...

I Destroyed a Car to Explore Some Music Myths

Two years of experimentation taught a Nashville guitarist not every musical myth...

Water under Threat, Wooden Satellites and a Mud Bath fo...

Droughts in 48 of 50 U.S. states, evidence of microplastics mucking up wastewate...

What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Cl...

The new president-elect can go beyond just pulling out of the Paris Agreement. B...

The Lucy Fossil’s Extraordinary Journey to Becoming an ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an in...

What Trump Can—and Probably Can't—Do to Reverse U.S. Cl...

The new president-elect can go beyond just pulling out of the Paris Agreement. B...

Let African Communities Manage Their Climate Adaptation...

Outside groups often offer their solutions for climate adaptation in Africa. But...

Consciousness Might Hide in Our Brain’s Electric Fields

A mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of ...

Happy Martian New Year!

The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox. Explaining wh...

Is Weight Really the Problem?

Focusing on size in health care might be doing more harm than good.

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