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Neuroscientist Kauê M. Costa redefines how the brain learns
Learning from unexpected results: This neuroscientist is redefining how the brain learns Neuroscientist Kauê M. Costa talks about surprising results that are changing how we think dopamine works and how the brain reall…
Dangerously hot and humid: Rising temperatures in the US make outdoor exercise hazardous
In a warming world, outdoor exercise may be hindered by performance-impairing heat more often than it was in the past.
July/August 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago
July/August 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago Natural fission reactor uncovered; geometry of soap bubbles “In an open-pit uranium mine in the southeastern part of the Gabon Republic, near the Equato…
Exploring ice cores to foresee the effects of climate change Allie Balter-Kennedy goes to some of the harshest places on Earth to try to predict how a warming…
Using viruslike particles to deliver therapies safely and effectively Samagya Banskota grew up in a family of doctors in Nepal, aware from a young age of how …
The story of the author’s extremely early career I n late 1957, around my ninth birthday, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, ca…
Mimicking the chemistry of outer space to explain how planets form The laws of chemistry get pushed to the limits in Jenny Bergner’s astrochemistry lab at the…
Inside a factory in southern France, millions of tiger mosquitoes are being bred, not to spread, but to stop them from reproducing—though scaling up such effor…
SpaceX shares shot 20% higher Monday as the company said it raised a record-breaking $85.7 billion.
Inspired by Ariel Waldman’s docuseries Life Unearthed, columnist Annalee Newitz explores how microscopes, drones and specialised cameras are giving us an unpre…
A new SETI study suggests we may be overlooking alien signals not because they aren't there, but because their own stars are scrambling them before they escape…
In the crystalline waters off Kenya's coast, coral reefs are thriving—evidence of a rare good-news story in the battle to protect oceans from the ravages of cl…
Traditional global climate models were like early digital cameras—they had only about 10,000 pixels to cover the entire planet. At that low resolution, big sto…
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of central Indonesia's Sulawesi island Tuesday, causing scattered damage and rattling residents of a city devastated by a…
