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Brian Resnick

Brian Resnick

Former Science and Health Editor

    Latest articles by Brian Resnick

    Science
    The Perseid meteor shower is the best of the year. Here’s how to watch.The Perseid meteor shower is the best of the year. Here’s how to watch.
    Science

    The best meteor shower of the year peaks soon.

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    How desire can warp our view of the worldHow desire can warp our view of the world
    Science

    Can we trust our own eyes? The science of “motivated seeing” says not always.

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    Tardigrades, the toughest animals on Earth, have crash-landed on the moonTardigrades, the toughest animals on Earth, have crash-landed on the moon
    Science

    The tardigrade conquest of the solar system has begun.

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    This cartoon explains why predicting a mass shooting is impossibleThis cartoon explains why predicting a mass shooting is impossible
    Science

    Increased mental health screening couldn’t accurately predict who will commit mass violence.

    By Brian Resnick and Javier Zarracina
    Science
    22 percent of millennials say they have “no friends”22 percent of millennials say they have “no friends”
    Science

    Loneliness can be helpful, unless it becomes chronic.

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    The Delta Aquariid meteor shower is tonight. Here’s how to watch.The Delta Aquariid meteor shower is tonight. Here’s how to watch.
    Science

    What’s better in the summer than to look up at the night sky and see bits of meteor catch fire in our atmosphere?

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    If you die via asteroid, this is how it will happenIf you die via asteroid, this is how it will happen
    Science

    It’s incredibly unlikely. But what if?

    By Brian Resnick
    Extremely powerful cosmic rays are raining down on us. No one knows where they come from.
    Podcast
    Science

    But with large-scale experiments, scientists around the world are determined to find out.

    By Brian Resnick
    The mind, explained
    Is GPS really ruining our brains?Is GPS really ruining our brains?
    The mind, explained

    A neuroscientist on fears that GPS navigation might lead to our brains shrinking.

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    Humans landed on the moon 50 years ago, and it’s still freaking awesomeHumans landed on the moon 50 years ago, and it’s still freaking awesome
    Science

    The Apollo 11 moon landing changed our understanding of the solar system.

    By Brian Resnick