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Science Archive

Archives for November 2014

Surprisingly simple tips from 20 experts about how to lose weight and keep it off
Features

There really, truly is no one “best diet”

By Julia Belluz
Health Care
How bacteria in your gut could be making you fat, allergic, or anxiousHow bacteria in your gut could be making you fat, allergic, or anxious
Health Care

The microbes in our guts may be messing with us

By Susannah Locke
Video
The willpower-free guide to being healthy this holidayThe willpower-free guide to being healthy this holiday
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Video

A convenient video guide to health hacking your holiday... for health!

By Julia Belluz and Joe Posner
Life
How to beat jet lag, according to sleep scientistsHow to beat jet lag, according to sleep scientists
Life

You can retrain your brain to make travel less terrible.

By Susannah Locke
Neuroscience
A tapeworm lived in this man’s brain for yearsA tapeworm lived in this man’s brain for years
Neuroscience
By Susannah Locke
Genetics
We’re getting closer to a cure for blindnessWe’re getting closer to a cure for blindness
Genetics

New treatments like gene therapy, stem-cell therapy, and even bionic implants are already starting to restore some patients’ sight.

By Susannah Locke
Space
Map: The 556 meteors and asteroids that have hit Earth’s atmosphere since 1994Map: The 556 meteors and asteroids that have hit Earth’s atmosphere since 1994
Space

If this doesn’t convince you we should be worrying more about asteroids, nothing will.

By Joseph Stromberg
Neuroscience
Scientists just rediscovered a long-lost region of the brainScientists just rediscovered a long-lost region of the brain
Neuroscience

This important part was first described in 1881. Here’s how it got lost.

By Susannah Locke
Climate
NASA found a way to visualize the most important process behind global warmingNASA found a way to visualize the most important process behind global warming
Climate

This mesmerizing animation simulates a year in the life of carbon dioxide.

By Brad Plumer
Culture
From warp drive to invisibility cloaks: 7 Star Trek technologies scientists are working onFrom warp drive to invisibility cloaks: 7 Star Trek technologies scientists are working on
Culture

Researchers are slowly inching their way towards even the most extreme technology of science fiction.

By Susannah Locke
Space
These new photos show Philae’s big bounce on the cometThese new photos show Philae’s big bounce on the comet
Space

We still don’t know where exactly Philae is — but we’re getting a little closer.

By Joseph Stromberg
Space
The Leonid meteor shower is Monday. Here’s how to see it.The Leonid meteor shower is Monday. Here’s how to see it.
Space

Experts are predicting 10 to 15 meteors per hour between midnight and dawn.

By Joseph Stromberg
Neuroscience
You’re not sleeping as much as you think you areYou’re not sleeping as much as you think you are
Neuroscience

How to find out how much you’re actually sleeping — and how to improve it.

By Susannah Locke
Space
Mars may have been warmer in the past — but probably not warm enough for lifeMars may have been warmer in the past — but probably not warm enough for life
Space

A new study is bad news for our hopes of finding ancient life on Mars.

By Joseph Stromberg
Climate
Philae’s battery is dead. But the mission was a huge success.Philae’s battery is dead. But the mission was a huge success.
Climate

The comet data collected by Philae will help us better understand the solar system — and maybe even life on Earth.

By Joseph Stromberg