Global Flourishing Study Reflects Youth Struggles and Ripple Effects of Childhood Challenges
Young people are struggling; retirees are happier than employees; people in partnerships are flourishing more than those who are single. Hear the first takeaways from the Global Flourishing Study.
This Male Fertility Test Makes Assessing Sperm Health a More Accurate At-Home Affair
A new study suggests a way to more accurately test sperm health from home.
Building an LLM for Dolphin Chatter
A large language model for dolphin vocalization could let us better understand these beloved marine mammals
Could Mitochondria Be Rewriting the Rules of Biology?
New discoveries about mitochondria could reshape how we understand the body’s response to stress, aging and illness
Accidental Alchemy, Flamingo Food Tornado, and Kosmos-482 Lands
Kosmos-482 crash-lands, physicists turn lead to gold and animals show some clever behaviors.
Polar Geoengineering Experiments Bet Big on Freezing Arctic Ice
Refreezing the melting sea ice in the Arctic is more complicated than you would think. The U.K. is funding geoengineering experiments like this one to curb the effects of climate change.
Declining MMR Vaccination Rates Make West Texas Outbreak a Threat to Measles Elimination
High vaccination rates eliminated measles in the U.S. An outbreak that began in West Texas is threatening to overturn that status.
Sinking Cities, Waving Cuttlefish and Falling Spacecraft
A spacecraft is set to fall from the skies, 28 U.S. cities slowly sink, and a new study pinpoints how the overindulgence of the wealthy contributes to massive warming.
The Only Particle Collider in the U.S. Will Be Replaced with an Upgrade
Brookhaven National Laboratory is pushing the boundaries of particle physics.
Fitness Doesn’t Have to Be about Denial and Shame
Author Casey Johnston presents a new way to think about fitness in her new book A Physical Education
Jupiter’s Cyclones, Amazon’s Satellites and T. rex Collagen
Climate studies are paused, new satellites join the crowded skies, the Juno spacecraft studies Jupiter, and biotech companies will create T. rex leather (or will they?).
These Fungi Are Facing Extinction—Here’s Why That Matters
As conservation targets, fungi aren’t as appealing as giant pandas. But these scientists explain that the health of Earth’s fungal species is critically important.