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Is It Better to Have a Lot of Casual Friends or a Few Close Ones?
Friendships are integral to human health and well being, yet researchers know very little about how people make friends. A new study investigated what people prioritize for new friendships.
Loner Kids May Be Happier Than You Think
A new study is offering insights into a crucial period of child development
There’s No Link Between Crime and Unauthorized Immigration
A massive new first-of-its-kind study zooms into the neighborhood level
This Lion-Like Nebula Has Cosmic Dust for a Mane and a Dying Star for a Face
A portrait taken over 5,000 light-years
How Our Attraction to Natural Fixes Can Stymie Climate Progress
Does a human-made problem need a natural solution?
“We Wanted to Create An Experience of Microscopic Awe”: A Radical New View of Sacred Plants
Fluorescent visions of the guts of living sacred plants from all over the Americas
Who Keeps Spreading the Seeds of This Parasitic Plant?
Cockroaches are just the half of it
Researchers Return to a Forgotten Forest Experiment 30 Years Later—With “Astounding” Results
A new look at the trees revealed an overlooked “win-win-win” scenario for forest maintenance
An Astrobiologist’s Guide to the Best Sci-Fi Reads
Cosmic lesbian necromancers, cyberpunk Canterbury Tales, and so much more
