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The Hidden Landscape Holding Back the Sea

The fate of our planet’s coasts rests on Antarctic bedrock

October 21, 2025

Psilocybin Lifted Her Burden

The Covid pandemic left this frontline medical worker burned out, angry, and depressed. Then she got high.

October 20, 2025

What Is Your Brain Doing on Psychedelics?

Something is happening here, but neuroscientists don’t know what it is

October 20, 2025

More Than a Feeling

How awe and wonder transform science and you

October 17, 2025

In Awe of Tiny Things

Artist and filmmaker Michael Benson on dung beetles, diatoms, and the human drive to explore

October 17, 2025

Half-Male, Half-Female Spider Discovered In Thailand

A new arachnid species and a rare intersex specimen in one fell swoop

October 16, 2025

Watch My Skeleton Dance for Science

Taking part in a study on low back pain led to some spooky shenanigans

October 16, 2025

How a Rare Disease Could Yield a Pandemic Drug

This autoimmune disorder protects those who have it from viruses of all kinds

October 15, 2025

How the Statues of Easter Island Walked Into Place

The iconic heads hewn from volcanic rock may have been wobbled into place by the Rapa Nui people who created them

October 14, 2025

Could the Sun’s Orbit Shape Evolution?

The connection between our massive star and the tiniest microplankton

October 14, 2025

Lifetime of Friendships Slows Aging

Social ties are deeply connected to how fast your biological clock ticks

October 10, 2025

Will Trump’s Immigration Policies Hurt US Nobel Chances?

Drastic cuts to science funding and immigration restrictions could hobble the country's research enterprise

October 10, 2025