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“Me, Myself, and I”: The Increasing Narcissism of Western Music

Individualistic pronouns have grown more common in pop songs over the past half century

June 24, 2026

The Unlucky Ones: What It Feels Like to Get Struck By Lightning

A bolt may ignite seeming genius, but is more likely to deliver agony

June 24, 2026

How City Rats Are Becoming Resistant to Poison

They’re evolving faster than we can stop them

June 24, 2026

Does Nurture Trump Nature in Disease Risk Prediction?

Social determinants of health can match or exceed genetic risk of common diseases

June 23, 2026

Here’s Why Men’s World Cup Athletes Wear Sports Bras

Hint: It’s more for science than for support

June 23, 2026

The Physics Behind the Poo Emoji’s Shape

And how lugworms tweak the rules by pooping upside down

All the Microbes That Could Survive in Space

They could complicate the hunt for extraterrestrial life—and compromise astronaut health

June 23, 2026

Can the Sugar Molecules That Coat Our Cells Predict Our Health?

Glycans, once ignored, may revolutionize medicine

June 23, 2026

These Ancient Baby Predators Challenge Our Understanding of Evolution

The first animals onto terra firma weren’t amphibians as previously suspected

June 23, 2026

This “Roasted Exoplanet” Has a Wild Orbit

And it’s much hotter than previously thought

June 22, 2026

Today Was the Day Galileo Caved

On this day almost four centuries ago, the father of modern science was forced to bow to political and religious pressure to save his life

June 22, 2026