Neurological Health
Immune Cells Suggest New Alzheimer’s Treatment Possibilities
Brain cells called microglia have different effects as the neurodegenerative disease progresses
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Biology
Animal Play Is Delightfully Meaningful
Brown dwarfs, stuttering, quantum chemistry, and more
Biology
Play Is Serious Business for Elephants
Young dogs, apes and other animals develop skills needed to survive and reproduce
Environment
Wild Pigs Release as Much Carbon Emissions as 1 Million Cars
The invasive animals uproot soil, exposing it to microbes that release greenhouse gases
Policy & Ethics
NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims
Some astronomers argue the space agency’s next flagship observatory will memorialize discrimination. Others are waiting for more evidence
Space
Announcing a New Plan for Solving the Mystery of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
The newly organized Galileo Project will use a three-pronged approach to replace unreliable eyewitness reports with reproducible scientific observations
Medicine
Fauci on COVID Drugs, Vaccines and Getting Back to Normal
The U.S.’s top infectious disease specialist describes a new Biden administration program to develop and test antivirals—and what he’s most worried about as the nation reopens...
Space
Why an Asteroid Strike Is Like a Pandemic
Both are low-probability but catastrophic events—and both can be mitigated if we act early enough
Cognition
Quantum Mechanics, Plato’s Cave and the Blind Piranha
Can we ever really know the world?
Climate
Heat Wave Death Toll Will Rise With Thorough Count
The 117 fatalities recorded in the Pacific Northwest so far include only those directly attributed to heat
