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Health & Medicine

COVID-19 is still a threat, but getting a vaccine is harder for many people

Vaccination is still important to ward off the worst of the coronavirus. Three experts discuss the concerns with restricting access.

By Aimee Cunningham4 hours ago

An abstract drawing of a brain made of colorful comic speaking bubbles filled with symbols and arrows to illustrate how patterns in ADHD might link to curiosity.

People with ADHD may have an underappreciated advantage: Hypercuriosity

By Sujata Gupta7 hours ago

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A new book explores the link between film giant Kodak and the atomic bomb

By Anna Demming9 hours ago

A folded up skeleton with what looks like the knees near the skull sits on dirt. Researchers say it's an example of the oldest mummies every found.

The oldest known mummies have been found — in Southeast Asia

By Bruce BowerSeptember 15, 2025

an image of ice shows bubbles and striations radiating from lower center. Regular ice like this can only generate a weak current, but when slabs of saltwater ice are bent, they can produce a stronger electrical current, known as the flexoelectric effect.

Materials Science

Salt can turn frozen water into a weak power source

By Nikk OgasaSeptember 15, 2025

A black and white photograph of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the British-American astronomer and Harvard professor who used spectral analysis to determine the composition of stars.

Space

How a Harvard maverick forever changed our concept of the stars

By Elise CuttsSeptember 15, 2025

A birds-eye view of two small circular islands surrounded by marshy forest. The island on the right is more sparsely vegetated in this image.

Earth

Recycled glass could help fend off coastal erosion

By Jude ColemanSeptember 12, 2025

We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

Spotlight on Health

A mosquito with a red abdomen lands on the edge of a green glass.

Want to avoid mosquito bites? Step away from the beer

A Dutch music festival turned into a mosquito lab, revealing how beer, weed, sleep and sunscreen affect your bite appeal.

By Meghan RosenSeptember 12, 2025
The brain preserves maps of missing hands for years
Chemicals in marijuana may affect women’s fertility

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A ‘ringing’ black hole matches scientists’ predictions

Gravitational waves emitted after two black holes coalesced agree with theories from physicists Stephen Hawking and Roy Kerr.

The brain preserves maps of missing hands for years

A dark, speckled black-bellied salamander with shiny skin rests on bright green moss in a forest setting.

Just like humans, many animals get more aggressive in the heat

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Life

A sixth mass extinction? Not so fast, some scientists say

By Jake BuehlerSeptember 4, 2025
Horses may have become rideable with the help of a genetic mutation

By Jake BuehlerAugust 28, 2025
Squashing the spotted lanternfly problem may require enlisting other species

By Erin Garcia de JesúsAugust 8, 2025

Humans

These female divers spend more time underwater than any other humans

By Brianna RandallAugust 18, 2025
Stopping menopausal hormones may require more bone monitoring

By Sofia Caetano AvritzerAugust 12, 2025
Forget discrete droplets. This is how sweat really forms

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Climate

A Midwest ‘megaflash’ is the longest lightning on record

By Carolyn GramlingJuly 31, 2025
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By Carolyn GramlingJuly 17, 2025
Trees can’t get up and walk away, but forests can

By Sophie HartleyJuly 10, 2025

Astronomy

Astronomers detect the brightest ever fast radio burst

By McKenzie PrillamanSeptember 5, 2025
A newborn planet munches on gas and dust surrounding its host star

By McKenzie PrillamanAugust 29, 2025
A dying star revealed its heart

By McKenzie PrillamanAugust 20, 2025

Physics

Scientists made a biological quantum bit out of a fluorescent protein

By Emily ConoverSeptember 12, 2025
Sunlight is all that’s needed to keep these tiny aircraft aloft

By Emily ConoverAugust 13, 2025
Scientists 3-D printed a tiny elephant inside a cell

By Emily ConoverJuly 8, 2025

Health & Medicine

Drugs like Ozempic might lower cancer risk

By Meghan RosenSeptember 8, 2025
A cold today helps keep the COVID away

By Aimee CunninghamAugust 29, 2025
A bioengineered protein may someday treat carbon monoxide poisoning

By Erin Garcia de JesúsAugust 29, 2025

Earth

Useful metals get unearthed in U.S. mines, then they’re tossed

By Nikk OgasaAugust 26, 2025
Why devastating tsunamis didn’t follow the Russia earthquake

By Nikk OgasaJuly 30, 2025
How hot can Earth get? Our planet’s climate history holds clues

By Elise CuttsJuly 17, 2025

Science & Society

Scientists are people too, a new book reminds readers

By Karen KwonAugust 19, 2025
Screen addiction affects teens’ mental health. How to spot it, and help

By Sujata GuptaJuly 22, 2025
A Supreme Court ruling on nuclear waste spotlights U.S. storage woes

By Emily ConoverJune 18, 2025