EvolutionJune 25, 2024
To Follow the Real Early Human Diet, Eat Everything
Nutrition influencers claim we should eat meat-heavy diets like our ancestors did. But our ancestors didn’t actually eat that way
Volume 331, Issue 1
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Features
ObesityJune 25, 2024
People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity
“Heavy and healthy” can be a rare or common condition. But either way it may signal that some excess weight is just fine
PharmaceuticalsJune 25, 2024
Ozempic quiets food noise in the brain—but how?
Blockbuster weight-loss drugs are revealing how appetite, pleasure and addiction work in the brain
EcologyJune 25, 2024
Mangrove Trees Are on the Move, Taking the Tropics with Them
As the climate warms, mangroves are migrating farther poleward, transforming the coast as they go
Quantum PhysicsJune 25, 2024
Can AI Save Schrödinger’s Cat?
Outcomes in quantum mechanics depend on observations. But must the observer be human?
MathematicsJune 25, 2024
How the Math of Cracks Can Make Planes, Bridges and Dams Safer
Better predictions of how cracks grow can make machines and structures more reliable
PsychologyJune 25, 2024
Advanced Meditation Alters Consciousness and Our Basic Sense of Self
An emerging science of advanced meditation could transform mental health and our understanding of consciousness
Planetary ScienceMarch 28, 2024
NASA’s New Asteroid Sample Is Already Rewriting Solar System History
Scientists have scarcely begun studying pristine material from asteroid Bennu that was brought back to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx mission, but they have already found several surprises