Mental Health
When Things Feel Unreal, Is That a Delusion or an Insight?
The psychiatric syndrome called derealization raises profound moral and philosophical questions
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Animals
Wiggling Whiskers Help Hungry Seals Hunt in the Dark
A new seal’s-eye view shows these specialized hairs in motion at sea
Health Care
Universal Health Care Could Have Saved More Than 330,000 U.S. Lives during COVID
The numbers of lives lost and dollars spent would have been significantly lower if coverage had been extended to everyone, a new study says
Health Care
Utah Kept Them from Learning about Consent, So These Teens Found a Place to Have ‘the Talk’ Together
A group of teenagers in rural Utah are training to become sex educators so that they can teach their peers what they do not learn in the classroom
Vaccines
COVID Death Rates Explained, Dismal Booster Stats and New Vaccines
On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we clear up some data misconceptions, get to the bottom of the booster uptake issue and talk Novavax.
Evolution
Heated Debate Persists over the Origins of Complex Cells
Were mitochondria a driving evolutionary force or just a late addition?
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Credits Allow Companies to Overstate Emissions Reductions
The findings of a new study call into question whether businesses are truly meeting climate goals
Public Health
On Three Different Continents, Rural Health Strains under the Weight of the Coronavirus
In remote communities in the U.S., Ecuador and Zimbabwe, these health care workers are fighting much more than the virus
Neuroscience
Why You Can’t Remember Being Born: A Look at ‘Infantile Amnesia’
Infants can form memories, just not the kind that recalls specific experiences
Biochemistry
‘Superworms’ Eat—and Survive on—Polystyrene
Identifying the gut microbes in plastic-munching beetle larvae illuminates bacteria that could help degrade plastic waste
