ReproductionJuly 3, 2026
The biological dogma that women don’t make new eggs after birth may be wrong
Female mammals have long thought to be born with all the eggs they would ever have, but new research is challenging that consensus
Stories by Starre Vartan
Starre Vartan is a science journalist and author of The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us About the Power of the Female Body (Seal Press/Hachette, 2025), a Library Journal "Best Science Book of 2025." She's widely published and her work has been translated into Arabic, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Chinese, and featured in The Best Australian Science Writing. She holds a BS in Geology from Syracuse University and an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. Starre is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia and splits her time between the Seattle and Sydney areas where she's at work on her next book about the prehistory of female bodies, due out in 2028.
EcologyDecember 15, 2023
Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon
The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat.
EcologyJuly 10, 2023
Just like People, Orangutans Get Smoker’s Voice
New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health.
OpinionJune 10, 2023
Sexual Harassment Still Pervades Science
How academic institutions can prevent sexual harassment and protect scientists
Public HealthMay 12, 2023
Astronomy Tool Can Now Detect COVID in Breath
Laser-based optical frequency combs, originally developed to time atomic clocks, can also perform fast, noninvasive tests for COVID—and potentially other diseases as well
PollutionOctober 13, 2021
Assessing COVID Risk and More with Air Quality Monitors
The consumer devices track pollutants as well as CO2—a proxy for potentially virus-laden human breath
ComputingOctober 24, 2019
Racial Bias Found in a Major Health Care Risk Algorithm
Black patients lose out on critical care when systems equate health needs with costs
BiotechJuly 31, 2019
AI Can Predict Kidney Failure Days in Advance
A new program could save lives in hospitals, where kidney injury is one of the most common causes of death
BiotechMay 6, 2019
Can 3-D Printing Produce Lung and Liver Tissue for Transplants?
New technique creates working models—with a little help from grocery-store food coloring
TechnologySeptember 24, 2014
Technology Unlocks the Mysteries of Bird Flight
Bob Dylan asked: "Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?" Sure, this is a metaphor (in Dylan's case, for a lost love) but it works because the complexities of avian flight—from migration and navigation to group dynamics—have long been a mystery, one with a preponderance of ideas, but few firm answers.