Science
News and updates from the science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.
Despite what your social media feed might say, microwaves are safe.
Despite what your social media feed might say, microwaves are safe.
The animal researcher who tried to experience the world through the nose of a dog.
This new telescope lets you hold 10 million galaxies in your hand.
If only the NIH would fund it.
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Too bad it’s now sabotaging it.
Francis Collins led the NIH for a decade before its dismantling. He’s still searching for answers.
If America wants a space program, it needs SpaceX.
How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.
From disaster warnings to drug development, how AI is generating real-world wins.
A step forward in academia’s existential fight against scientific fraud.
The real cost of forcing foreign students away from elite universities like Harvard.
Yes, protein builds muscle. No, you don’t need as much as lifting influencers say.
The most important part of a volcano is hidden deep underground.
We can keep saving lives when foreign aid is dying.
Is Trump doing the right thing on animal research for the wrong reasons?
The strange connection between ideology and the brain.
More contagious than Covid-19 and with a 30 percent mortality rate, smallpox was one of history’s biggest killers. Now, it’s gone.
Swole of body, swole of mind.
Lab-grown blood could save tens of thousands of lives. Is it possible?
The one allergy treatment to rule them all, explained.
Don’t buy the hype about “de-extinction.”
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and scientists will do irreparable harm to the country.
Kennedy is targeting our best defense against the dentist.
Are repressed memories for real? The Tell thinks so.
Dementia has long resisted treatment. But one answer could be surprisingly simple.
Researchers are hoping they may unlock one of animal biology’s greatest mysteries.
The unregulated morass of vitamins and supplements makes it hard to know what’s legitimate. We can help.
Science depends on animal testing. But the work comes at a steep, hidden cost.
The troubling ripple effects of more measles outbreaks, explained.
Academia runs on underpaid, overworked PhD students. It doesn’t have to.
The confusing guidance about alcohol, simplified.
Five years later, the Covid-19 pandemic has turned people against a cutting-edge medical technology.
Digital dependence is reshaping our brains. But we can fight it.
How a new asteroid showed Earth’s planetary defense system at work.
The new Health and Human Services secretary is facing one of his first public health crises. Will he blow up the typical protocol?
Some vaccinated people got measles in Texas. Here’s how to check your immunity.
DOGE, please go to sleep. For your health.
And your other urgent sleep questions, answered.
A seemingly small question has shifted how scientists understand the relationship between the brain and the body.
There’s more to bird flu than expensive eggs.
But communities of color face the worst ammonia pollution on the ground, a new study reveals.
Egg donation is common. How well do we understand the risks?
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