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Brian Resnick

Brian Resnick

Former Science and Health Editor

    Latest articles by Brian Resnick

    Ball lightning is real, and very rare. This is what it’s like to experience it.
    Podcast
    Unexplainable

    Close encounters with mysterious, hovering balls of lightning, illustrated.

    By Brian Resnick and Byrd Pinkerton
    One Year Later
    The pandemic is becoming a grief crisisThe pandemic is becoming a grief crisis
    One Year Later

    Millions of Americans have lost relatives and friends. We need to pay attention to the science and consequences of grief.

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    Please, Trump: Keep telling your supporters the Covid-19 vaccines workPlease, Trump: Keep telling your supporters the Covid-19 vaccines work
    Science

    Republicans are the most Covid-19 vaccine hesitant group. Trump can help.

    By Brian Resnick
    3.9 million years
    One Year Later

    The pandemic took lives far too soon. How much human potential has been lost?

    By Terry Nguyen and Brian Resnick
    Science
    Daylight saving time begins Sunday: 8 things to know about “springing forward”Daylight saving time begins Sunday: 8 things to know about “springing forward”
    Science

    We push our clocks forward at 2 am Sunday. Here’s why.

    By Brian Resnick
    One Year Later
    How scientists correctly predicted the pandemic would last more than a yearHow scientists correctly predicted the pandemic would last more than a year
    One Year Later

    By March 2020, researchers knew that uncontrolled spread would be disastrous.

    By Brian Resnick
    Dark matter holds our universe together. No one knows what it is.
    Podcast
    Science

    Dark matter, unexplained.

    By Brian Resnick
    Unexplainable: A new podcast about the most fascinating unanswered questions in science
    Podcast
    Science

    What we don’t know is awesome. Let us explain.

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars. Now it will look for signs of ancient life.NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars. Now it will look for signs of ancient life.
    Science

    NASA’s Perseverance mission, explained.

    By Brian Resnick
    Science
    We wiped out the flu this year. Could we do it again?We wiped out the flu this year. Could we do it again?
    Science

    The promise and peril of this year’s missing flu season.

    By Brian Resnick

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