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Science Archive

Archives for January 2024

Science
The sun’s poles are about to flip. It’s awesome — and slightly terrifying.The sun’s poles are about to flip. It’s awesome — and slightly terrifying.
Science

The sun is growing feistier. Great news for aurora watchers. Bad news for communication satellites.

By Brian Resnick
The US uses endangered monkeys to test drugs. This law could free them.
Future Perfect

Everything from Ozempic to Covid vaccines is tested on long-tailed macaques. Experts believe many are illegally trafficked from the wild.

By Dayton Martindale
Down to Earth
Is this a newborn great white shark? Big if true.Is this a newborn great white shark? Big if true.
Down to Earth

Scientists have never seen a newborn great white shark ... until (maybe) now.

By Benji Jones
Future Perfect
Psychedelics are outperforming trauma researchers’ expectations. But why?Psychedelics are outperforming trauma researchers’ expectations. But why?
Future Perfect

A new study offers big clues about where psychedelics’ superpowers come from.

By Sigal Samuel
Science
The tragic story of this famous meteoriteThe tragic story of this famous meteorite
Play
Science

And the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him.

By Coleman Lowndes
10 ocean mysteries scientists haven’t solved yet
Podcast
Unexplainable

And the adventures scientists go on to better understand our enigmatic seas.

By Brian Resnick
Astronomers spotted something perplexing near the beginning of time
Podcast
Science

Monsters lurk in the background of James Webb Space Telescope images. Scientists are scrambling to make sense of them.

By Brian Resnick
Future Perfect
America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible timeAmerica is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time
Future Perfect

Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives.

By Dylan Scott
Future Perfect
Maybe, just maybe, psychedelics are the “master key” for unlocking everything from blindness to stroke to anorexiaMaybe, just maybe, psychedelics are the “master key” for unlocking everything from blindness to stroke to anorexia
Future Perfect

It sounds too good to be true, but there’s serious science behind the hypothesis.

By Sigal Samuel