We all know ice is slippery. The physics behind it is more complex than you’d think
The reason we slip and slide on ice—a phenomenon central to figure skating, curling and other Winter Olympic events—is a centuries-old physics mystery that may have finally been cracked
How AI-powered ‘smart homes’ could transform care for people with dementia
How AI‑powered “smart home” technologies could improve safety and ease caregiver burden for people with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia
Trump guts climate policy, polar vortex disrupts winter, and Olympic ‘Penisgate’ rumors fly
We take a look at President Trump’s decision to reject a landmark climate finding, the cause of an unusual winter in the U.S. and the physics behind a bizarre ski jumping scandal
A kiss is a tender act of love. How it originated remains a mystery
Why the simple act of kissing—which can be traced back 21.5 million years—continues to confound evolutionary biologists
Heated Rivalry: The linguistics behind Ilya’s Russian
How a Russian dialect coach helped Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie master challenging Russian sounds and build a believable accent
Babies keep the beat as Artemis slips, solar flares blast and PFAS rise
Babies show innate rhythm as NASA’s Artemis II mission hits delays, a major solar flare erupts and concerns grow over PFAS “forever chemicals”
Psychiatry’s rule book faces a major rethink
Why psychiatry’s diagnostic system may undergo major changes, and what the scientific debates over how mental illnesses should be defined are
Some people experience an inability to burp. An expert who treats this little-known disorder explains why
For those with retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction, daily life can be miserable, with symptoms such as bloating and chest pain. But a simple Botox injection can help
AI illuminates DNA’s ‘dark matter,’ doctors make artificial lungs, and a lipstick vine defies evolution
How a new AI model could help us better understand noncoding DNA, how doctors kept a man alive without lungs for two days, and what a peculiar flower can teach us about evolution
Rediscovering Katharine Burr Blodgett’s scientific brilliance
The Lost Women of Science team uncovers Katharine Burr Blodgett’s overlooked brilliance
Eat more garlic to smell attractive? The surprising ways diet can shape your body scent
Beneath fancy perfumes and deodorants, our food choices may be quietly shaping our natural scent in unexpected ways
NASA gears up for a historic lunar flyby, AI gives stroke patients hope, and researchers discover the oldest known cave art
What’s on the road to the launch of NASA’s Artemis II, how scientists are using artificial intelligence to help stroke patients speak, and what an Indonesian cave art discovery says about early human migration
