Inequality
How Social Turmoil Has Increased Witch Hunts throughout History
Vicious attacks on women often accompany economic upheavals
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Genetic Engineering
Synthetic Morphology Lets Scientists Create New Life-Forms
The emerging field of synthetic morphology bends boundaries between natural and artificial life
Climate Change
Better Bus Systems Could Slow Climate Change
Electric cars alone can’t solve our emissions problem
Planetary Science
The Six Moons Most Likely to Host Life in Our Solar System
Vast quantities of liquid water may exist on moons of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune, making life possible there, too
Astronomy
Citizen Science Art Showcases Jupiter’s Beauty
Jupiter shines in images made by citizen scientists using data from NASA’s Juno probe
Particle Physics
How Much Does ‘Nothing’ Weigh?
The Archimedes experiment will weigh the void of empty space to help solve a big cosmic puzzle
Quantum Physics
Quantum Physics Falls Apart without Imaginary Numbers
Imaginary numbers—the square roots of negative numbers—are an inescapable part of quantum theory, a study shows
Ecology
Leopards Are Living among People. And That Could Save the Species
For leopards to survive, we must learn to live with them
Epidemiology
Deadly Fungi Are the Newest Emerging Microbe Threat All Over the World
These pathogens already kill 1.6 million people every year, and we have few defenses against them
Psychology
Fixing the Hated Open-Design Office
Open-office designs create productivity and health problems. New insights from Deaf and autistic communities could fix them
Quantum Physics
The Little-Known Origin Story behind the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics
In 1949 physicist Chien-Shiung Wu devised an experiment that documented evidence of entanglement. Her findings have been hidden in plain sight for more than 70 years
Animals
No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food
How do giant filter-feeding whales find their tiny prey? The answer could be key to saving endangered species
Weather
Better Atmospheric River Forecasts Are Giving Emergency Planners More Time to Prepare for Flooding
Knowing when torrents of rain will strike can save property and lives
Cognition
Babies Are Born with an Innate Number Sense
Plato was right: newborns do math
Animals
What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals
Evolved adaptations of female animals could help solve women’s health challenges
Behavior
The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic
The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology
Mathematics
The Most Boring Number in the World Is ...
That prime numbers and powers of 2 fascinate many people comes as no surprise. In fact, all numbers split into two camps: interesting and boring
Quantum Physics
Tiny Bubbles of Primordial Soup Re-create Early Universe
New experiments can re-create the young cosmos, when it was a mash of fundamental particles, more precisely than ever before
Extraterrestrial Life
At Jupiter, JUICE and Clipper Will Work Together in Hunt for Life
A new European mission is the first of two spacecraft—with the other coming from NASA—that will hunt for signs of habitability on Jupiter’s icy moons
Neuroscience
Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments
The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system
