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Garlic: Culinary Staple, Birth Control for Flies

A study finds the pungent bulb to be a real turn-off for them

May 14, 2026

Your Brain Can Learn Things When You’re Unconscious

It’s more awake and alive to the outside world under anesthesia than we thought

May 14, 2026

Perseverance Snaps a Selfie on Mars

The rover took a break from geochemistry to take stock of itself

Can Selective Breeding Save Bulldogs from Their Breathing Problems?

New research is pointing to relief for out flattest-faced dogs

May 13, 2026

How Neanderthals Mastered Dentistry

The oldest evidence of successful dental surgery

May 13, 2026

Astronomers Capture Cosmic Web in Staggering Detail

It’s the most detailed map of our universe’s architecture ever created

The Genetic Secrets of the Fruit Fly That Hunts Its Prey

It’s evolved far beyond a rotten apple

May 13, 2026

Why Do Regular Cannabis Users Tend to Weigh Less?

New research in mice is shedding light on this paradox

May 12, 2026

How Trump’s Science Cuts Threaten National Security

Weak science leads to bad forecasting and poor decision making

May 12, 2026

Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board’s Firing

The signatories, including more than 35 Nobel laureates, decry the “alarming attack on the ability of the US to engage in basic and applied research”

May 12, 2026

A Powerful New Tool to Find Alien Life

Life leaves a pattern, not just a trace

May 12, 2026

New Fathers Are Dying, and We Don’t Know Why

A conversation with a pediatrician about the first study to track paternal mortality

May 12, 2026