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It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So ...

Animal dung. Furry plastics. Chewing gum. Distorted music. It’s a grab bag of delightfully unusual science, courtesy of UCLA in 2025. From chance lab mishaps and cosmic curiosities to everyday habits ...

Tackling some extraordinary scientific challenges is one cause for celebration. Building a multidisciplinary community of conservationists is another. Doing both at the same time? Well, that’s just ...

In December 2016, a flurry of headlines declared that “flashing lights could treat Alzheimer’s disease,” based on a single mouse study 1. The research was widely amplified by the media. But within a ...

J.D. Allen has reported for public radio stations across the Northeast, investigating the climate crisis, health care, and small businesses, and real estate and land use for community newspapers on ...

In 2025, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) led groundbreaking research in artificial intelligence, microelectronics, quantum science, and biomanufacturing. Berkeley Lab scientists ...

Science is one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Every major advance in medicine, technology, astronomy, mathematics, and engineering exists because curious individuals dedicated their lives to ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly ...