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Edna Bonhomme, author of "A History of the World in Six Plagues," details how pandemics are about more than viruses
It's been months since a major update in H5N1 news, but that doesn't mean the virus has disappeared
For years, a multi-country effort kept screwworm at bay. The US picking fights with Mexico isn't helping
The real world analog of "Common Side Effects" underscores the loss of biodiversity before we even know what's gone
New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of
As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare
Research on sex differences is being defunded and censored — but our very cells differ according to sex
Sure, "Jesus lizards" walk on water. But some of God's other creatures have mastered coming back from the dead
Dark sky proponents mull the rights of nature to battle light pollution. Here's how it would work
With satellite numbers skyrocketing over the next few years, the time to grasp the implications is now
Adaptation, perseverance, "delusional" hope. Our world needs the ingenuity Gazans offer in spades
Research suggests our intelligence may arise from specialized brain cells only found in humans
The pandemic accelerated economic disparity, revealing a disturbing acceptance of mass death. Did we learn nothing?
As the anti-vaccine movement brings measles surging back, we must also recall why we need a vaccine for it
Similar biochemical cycles keep vitamin B6 in balance in plants — and in the humans who eat them
To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down
Deleting websites and ignoring scientific data threatens to undo clean air and water regulations
Would dropping every nuke or climate change make our home a barren, sterile world? Probably not, but we're trying
Slashes in federal funding for disease surveillance could once more make old diseases formidable foes
Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by fossil fuels
New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives
Meet suzetrigine, a non-opioid that promises to avoid addiction risk. But some experts say it can't replace opioids
Migrant farmworkers are on the front lines of the H5N1 surge — but deportation fears complicate virus surveillance
The race is on to save public information about health and science before Trump makes it disappear
New research is finding semaglutide, a diabetes and obesity drug, has a lot to teach about how the body works
Experts issue a dire warning about a theoretical form of life that could overwhelm everything living on Earth
Some research suggests that “olfactory training” — practicing to improve your olfaction, or sense of smell — can actually improve your cognitive...
The COVID-19 pandemic was uniquely colored by the Trump administration, to put it lightly. Almost five years ago, Donald Trump downplayed the...
White light can be blinding, cold, unforgiving. Our physical reality often finds it too much as well, splitting it apart any chance it gets. Plants...
Just over a year ago, after a massive explosion in the parking area of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza killed 471 people and wounded hundreds more,...
Six days after the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel ordered the evacuation of 22 hospitals in northern Gaza. In fact,...
As XEC, the latest COVID variant takes hold, we are watching viral evolution play out on a time scale short enough to follow, with different...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, suddenly breaks out like a horse from the...
Picture this: You’re at a bar and someone clearly intoxicated starts telling your friend their grand theory about how the Titan submersible...
Nearly twenty years after I graduated high school and my last calculus class, I still get that nightmare where I’m at the exam for a calculus course...