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Katie Edwards has lost millions of dollars in grant money, bringing her research to a standstill. She’s taking the fight to ...
David Kessler took GLP-1 drugs to help manage his weight. In his new book, he explains why the drugs are revolutionary, but ...
Whistling requires attention to your mouth, muscles, and breath. Here’s how it works, and how to get better at it.
Microbes—from deep in the ocean to the slime inside your AC—might play a key role in our fight against climate change.
Researchers have observed a population of orcas that cut and position kelp tools between their bodies to scrub each other’s ...
Last month, a baby got the world’s first personalized gene-editing treatment. What will this mean for millions of others with genetic diseases?
Kathleen Davis is a producer and fill-in host at Science Friday, which means she spends her weeks researching, writing, ...
The first images from the brand new Vera C. Rubin Observatory have finally been unveiled, and they show us the cosmos like never before. The camera captures so much detail that its first complete ...
Physicist Suchitra Sebastian may have discovered a new state of matter. But the hardest part was convincing the doubters.
Some environmental lawyers say the administration is emphasizing toxic waste cleanup because these projects have tangible results and are often popular with voters. “ Cleaning up contaminated sites ...
Luca was eventually diagnosed with a then-little-known illness called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. In the long history of medicine, AFM is a relatively new disease—its debut in the academic ...