Science
News and updates from the science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.
The debate that will steer the future of consciousness — and us.
The debate that will steer the future of consciousness — and us.
What Indigenous knowledge could mean in the fight to curb global warming.
The human mind is designed to predict, but uncertainty helps us thrive.
Scientists are getting better at predicting the sun’s antics.
The latest in Science
Billions of dollars later, neuroscientists are still struggling to address the mental health crisis.
(And wait until you hear about Pesto the penguin.)
Bacteria-eating viruses might be able to fight antibiotic resistance where new treatments are most needed.
This storm showed us how mega-storms are worsening. And how unprepared we are.
Inside the extremely messy, profoundly confusing fight over who should profit from non-human DNA.
The mission tested lots of new technology for future, longer missions.
Scientists are trapped in an endless loop of grant applications. How can we set them free?
561 research papers in, the case for degrowth is still weak.
February?! Until February?!?! Boeing slip leaves astronauts in limbo.
The privately funded venture will test out new aerospace technology.
Scientific fraud kills people. Should it be illegal?
The case against Medicare drug price negotiations doesn’t add up.
But there might be global consequences.
Covid’s summer surge, explained
Japan’s early-warning system shows a few extra seconds can save scores of lives.
Early warnings save lives. A recent quake provides a helpful case study.
Being an only child doesn’t mess you up for life. We promise.
Ovaries age faster than the rest of the body. Figuring out how to slow menopause might help all of us age better.
The neglected environmental and health benefits of fighting Big Meat — for humans.
When vultures died off in India, people died too.
The Starliner test mission is just one of Boeing’s many woes.
Blood-based biopsies could make screening less icky — if we can make them more accurate.
These days, anyone can follow a tornado, but you’ll want to leave that to the professionals.
University scientists helped build factory farming. Now, some want to protect its “social license to operate.”
Scientists spent ages mocking panpsychism. Now, some are warming to the idea that plants, cells, and even atoms are conscious.
The debate over maternal deaths, explained.
We’re probably all listening to music too loudly, alas.
Scientists are testing futuristic tools to dismantle antibiotic resistance.
Countless rare animals lurk under the logs in the Appalachian Mountains.
Retracted studies and new treatments reveal the confusing state of Alzheimer’s research.
Lighter, less greasy, more effective sunscreen exists. So what’s the hold up stateside?
More animals can occasionally reproduce asexually than scientists realized.
A new study reveals elephants are more like humans than we realized. What does that mean for the movement for their rights?
Mindfulness is one thing. Jhāna meditation is stranger, stronger, and going mainstream.
The anatomy of a heat wave, from “heat domes” to megadroughts.
Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
The ominously perfect meme marked the splintering of our shared reality.