Health
Researchers Study Life After Death — And It Gets Weirder
By Peter A Noble, Alex Pozhitkov and The Conversation
Health
How To Solve A Murder In The Snow, According to Science
By Noemi Procopio, Lavinia Iancu and The Conversation
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The Real Reason Calorie Counting Doesn't Work (At All)
By Christopher Damman and The Conversation
Science
Why Did Ancient Humans Domesticate Horses? Here’s What We Do Know
By William Taylor and The Conversation
Science
Why Do We Dream? The Answer May Be Weirder Than You Think
By Anthony Bloxham and The Conversation
Health
The Inside of Your Home Has a Microbiome, Too — And It Is Crucial To Your Health
By Samuel J. White, Philippe B. Wilson and The Conversation
Science
The Science Behind Mental Imagery Hints At The Secret To Athletic Success
By Lynne Gauthier, Jiabin Shen and The Conversation
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Scientists Studying Aging Are Finally Zeroing In On What Actually Triggers Age-Related Diseases
By Melanie R. McReynolds and The Conversation
Science
Inside the Controversial Effort To Move This Forgotten, Mysterious Creature From It’s Native Home
By Christine Peterson and Undark
Health
Inside the Quest To Uncover the Culprit Behind A Lung Disease Brewing Near A California Lake
By Fletcher Reveley and Undark
Science
Can Brain ‘Organoids’ Become Sentient? A Neuroscientist Tries to Answer the Startling Question
By Sara Talpos and Undark
Health
Drinking Before Conception May Accelerate Aging — In the Next Generation
By Michael Golding and The Conversation
Science
There’s A Fungus Slowly Devastating Bananas Worldwide and Researchers Aren’t Sure How To Stop It
By Li-Jun Ma and The Conversation
Health
The Connection Between Diet and Mood Disorders Is Growing Stronger — Here’s What Researchers Know
By Mary Scourboutakos and The Conversation
Health
This Common Parasite May Hold The Secret To Curing Troubling Brain Diseases
By Bill Sullivan and The Conversation
Health
Designer Babies Are Here — So Why Aren't We Talking About It?
By Julia Brown and The Conversation
Health
The Microbiome’s Forgotten Cousin Could Be Key to Solving America’s Gut Issues
By Amber Dance and Knowable Magazine
Health
Cats Carry A Common Parasite That Can Cause Birth Defects — So Why Don't We Screen For It?
By The Conversation and Bill Sullivan
Health
How The Netherlands Became The Tallest Nation In The World
By Kristina Thompson, Bjorn Quanjer and The Conversation
Science
Scientists Drilled Into An Underwater Mountain In the Atlantic’s ‘Lost City’ To Obtain A Massive Core Sample
By Doris Elín Urrutia
Health
Why More Sex Testing For the Olympics Wouldn’t Solve Anything
By Jaime Schultz and The Conversation
Science
Ancient Human ‘Hobbits’ Were Even Smaller Than We Thought, Fossil Evidence Reveals
By Lauren Leffer
Health
This New Memory Study Upends What We Know About How the Brain Makes Connections
By Ines Bramao, Marius Boeltzig, Mikael Johansson and The Conversation
Health
New Research Upends Common Thoughts On Motherhood and Elite Athletic Performance
By Jenna Schulz, Jane Thornton and The Conversation
It's Alive!
Where Did Life Come From, Exactly? The Answer Is Out There
By Kiona Smith
Health
Is the Secret to Becoming An Elite Athlete Hidden In Our Guts? This Microbiome Researcher Thinks So
By Christopher Damman and The Conversation
Science
The Great Salt Lake Emitted More Than 4 Million Tons of Greenhouse Gasses In 1 Year
By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space
Evidence of Alien Life May Lie on the Surface of Europa and Enceladus, A New Study Reveals
By Kiona Smith
Science
What The Social Habits Of Older Animals Tell Us About Human Aging
By Tim Vernimmen and Knowable Magazine
Health
This Newly Discovered Hormone Disrupts What We Know About Women’s Bone Health
By Elana Spivack
Science
Baby Birds Born In Chernobyl Have Weird Microbiomes But Are Surprisingly Healthy
By Lauren Leffer
Science
The 3.2 Million-Year-Old Lucy Fossil Reveals A Forgotten Truth About Humans
By Stacy Keltner and The Conversation
Science
There's A Lot More To Translate In A Baby Babble Than You Might Think
By Andrew Jessop and The Conversation
Health
Yes, Processed Foods Can Make You Sick — Here's How
By Samuel J. White, Philippe B. Wilson and The Conversation
Health
Should You Train Yourself to Be A Morning Pooper? Here’s What A Gastroenterologist Says
By Vincent Ho and The Conversation
Health
Your Body Is Awash In Microplastics — Should You Be Worried?
By Michael Richardson, Meiru Wang and The Conversation
Health
The Standard American Diet Hasn't Changed Much In the Last Two Decades
By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Science
The Holy Grail Of Neanderthal Language Is Turning Out To Be An 800-Pound Gorilla
By Steven Mithen and The Conversation
Science
You Know A Lot Less About the Placenta Than You Think
By Claire Marie Porter and Undark
Science
Does Evolution Even Matter Anymore — Or Is Human Progress Just Too Fast for Biology?
By Jose Yong and The Conversation
Health
Ancient Viruses Left Their DNA In Humans — And They Could Help Trigger These Common Diseases
By Rodrigo Duarte, Douglas Nixon, Timothy Powell and The Conversation
Health
Your Mouthwash Might Actually Be Wreaking Havoc on Your Health
By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Health
The First Few Weeks of Exercise Are Often Excruciatingly Painful — Here’s What’s Actually Causing It
By Elana Spivack
Science
Biologists Still Haven’t Settled A 150-Year-Old Debate About Giraffe’s Necks
By Douglas R. Cavener and The Conversation
Science
What Self-Medicating Animals Can Teach Us About Medicine
By Adrienne Mayor and The Conversation
Health
Is Ancient Viral DNA To Blame For Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder?
By Timothy Powell, Douglas Nixon, Rodrigo Duarte and The Conversation
Science
Why The "Sweet" Sound Of Cicadas Have Fascinated Humans For Millennia
By Linda Evans, Eliza Middleton and The Conversation
space
What Cicadas Can Teach Us About Living On Alien Planets
By Kiona Smith
Health
New Study Suggests Mediterranean Diet May Slow Cognitive Decline
By Elana Spivack
science
Cicadas Don’t Hibernate Underground for Years — It’s a Lot Weirder Than That
By Kiona Smith