How a bearded dragon STI controlled the minds of a cricket colony

The discovery, made by accident, tells us about insects' behavior and gives insight into our own

Mackenzie Thornbury, University of Montreal

March 1, 2021

A trio of imaging techniques brings new insight into how neurons work

Laura McCormick, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

March 1, 2021

Defective ribosomes leave proteins to build up in our cells

Joyce Yu, The Francis Crick Institute

February 28, 2021

Science and philosophy can, and should, coexist

Rebecca Lea Morris

February 27, 2021

Researchers develop a new tool to quantify self-care during COVID-19

Emma Okumura, McGill University

February 26, 2021

Microglia build and maintain the "roads" your brain needs to store memories

Abdullah Asad Iqbal, University of Leeds

February 25, 2021

The Perseverance rover sends back the first photos and sounds from Mars

Briley Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles

February 25, 2021

Storytelling is the antidote to Americans' mistrust of science

Jamie L Peeler, Pennsylvania State University

February 25, 2021

Having trouble sleeping? Look to the moon for answers

Anna Wernick, University College London

February 24, 2021

Female scorpions pay a steep cost when they shed their tails for survival

Many species shed limbs and tails to escape sticky situations

Prayan Pokharel, University of Hohenheim

February 23, 2021

Texas weather has a disproportionate financial impact on marginalized families

February 22, 2021

We still don't know much about marijuana farms' effects on wildlife

Maria Gatta, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

February 21, 2021

What’s happening in Texas is climate nihilism

Dan Samorodnitsky, Senior Editor

February 20, 2021

Coral larvae swim more slowly in dim light

Raj Rajeshwar Malinda, Cell Biology

February 20, 2021

NASA's Perseverance Rover has landed on Mars

Briley Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles

February 18, 2021

Stem cells can give new life to ovaries and potentially restore fertility

Ivana Marisa da Costa Martins, University of Coimbra

February 16, 2021

Community health workers, often overlooked, bring trust to the pandemic fight

Michele Cohen Marill, Kaiser Health News

February 16, 2021

Plastic trash can now be recycled into ultra-strong graphene

Juliette Strasser, University of Texas

February 11, 2021

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The Human Pangenome
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The Eclipse that made Einstein Famous
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Sir Arthur Eddington's observations of an eclipse in 1919 catapulted Einstein to fame
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This mysterious substance is accelerating the expansion of our Universe
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Naked mole rats and ant colonies have more in common than you think
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Meet Grete Hermann, the philosopher of quantum physics
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She changed how we thought about truth not only in science, but in politics and ethics, too

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