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Cici Zhang • December 19, 2016
Genetic and socio-cultural factors chip in to protect us from the burn — well some of us
Abigail Fagan • December 12, 2016
A new fertility procedure, banned in the U.S., offers hope to couples with mitochondrial disease
Abigail Fagan • November 25, 2016
The ubiquitous city pigeon may not deserve its bad reputation
Cici Zhang • November 7, 2016
If fish feel pain and pleasure, what should we do?
Meghan Bartels • August 1, 2016
A genetic technique offers new perspective on life in New York City’s rivers
Greg Uyeno • July 6, 2016
The remarkable leafcutter ant is spurring some wild ideas about agriculture, medicine and the nature of ecosystems
Dyani Sabin • April 27, 2016
The science behind alcohol’s heat
Sara Chodosh • March 9, 2016
How one cell transforms into a disease
Sara Chodosh • February 24, 2016
How your body turns light into electricity, and then into images
Ryan F. Mandelbaum • October 1, 2015
The super blood moon reminds us not to fall for correlations and confirmation biases
Katherine Ellen Foley • July 30, 2015
Scientists are tackling this all-consuming emotion
Katherine Ellen Foley • January 7, 2015
Scientists continue to debate whether experiments can show that our primate ancestors evolved fairness, or if cooperation is uniquely human
Shannon Hall • October 4, 2014
A new study looks at survival of the fittest in an increasingly warm world
Amy Nordrum • September 18, 2014
The answer is at the heart of a multi-million dollar advertising campaign by the veterinary industry
Chelsea Harvey • August 4, 2014
Air-breathing fish do exist — and they use a remarkable respiratory system to survive on land