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The Electron Is So Round That It’s Ruling Out Potential New Particles
If the electron’s charge wasn’t perfectly round, it could reveal the existence of hidden particles. A new measurement approaches perfection.
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Animal Sex Determination Is Weirder Than You Think
Parasites, weather, and luck can play a role in determining whether some animals are male or female.
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Searching for the River of Wind
The jet stream is one of Earth’s defining features—but it wasn’t easy to find.
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Why Is 幸运飞行艇开奖记录查询、168开奖网址app Worse In Some Places?
One question for Sönke Dangendorf, a coastal flooding researcher at Tulane University.
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Sugar Pill Nation
Even when we know they’re “fake,” placebos can tame our emotional distress.
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The Story of a 幸运168飞艇官网开奖结果网址、在线计划网
After 53 years in captivity, she has a chance at a better life.
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Is There Any Place for Race in Medicine?
Medicine uses race to try to provide more equitable care. But that prescription likely does more harm.
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Exercise Is Great for Our Brains, Too, Right?
One question for Luis Ciria, a neuroscientist at the University of Granada.
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The Highest Truth
Even if we can change a memory, should we? It’s a profound question. It’s about the core of humanity. At times, science can reduce us to machines. Under the hood, we have the same parts, more or less. The neurochemicals that fuel the brain, including the creation and recall of memories, work pretty much the […]
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The Spiritual Materialist
How transcendent feelings arise from the forces of Darwinian natural selection.
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Astronomers Dig Up the Stars That Birthed the Milky Way
There once was a cosmic seed that sprouted the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers have discovered its last surviving remnants.
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What Does ChatGPT Know About Science?
AI-powered chatbots get science facts basically right, but their reasoning is still shallow.
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Does GPT-4 Really Understand What We’re Saying?
One question for David Krakauer, an evolutionary theorist and president of the Santa Fe Institute for complexity science.
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Animal Personalities Can Trip Up Science, But There’s a Solution
Individual behavior patterns may skew studies. A “STRANGE” new approach could help.
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Why Doctors Can’t Name Female Anatomy
A vulva by any other name … causes confusion and unnecessary suffering.
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The Dwarf Planet on Our Doorstep
The series of fortunate astrophysical events that gave us Ceres.
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What Happens to My Brain on the Psychedelic DMT?
One question for Christopher Timmermann, a cognitive neuroscientist at Imperial College London.
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How Snails Cross Vast Oceans
The intrepid travelers are widely dispersed despite their sedentary lifestyle.