On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters
By any measure, the diabetes drug Ozempic has been a blockbuster, racking up billions of dollars in annual sales. In…
Meet the Champion Who Memorized 80 Numbers in 13.5 Seconds
This month, Vishvaa Rajakumar won the Memory League World Championship, which tests memorization skills. He shared some of his techniques…
Eleanor Maguire, Memory Expert Who Studied London Cabbies, Dies at 54
By watching the brain process information, she discovered that a specific region plays a key role in spatial navigation —…
Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer
Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of…
NIH Research Grants Lag Behind Last Year by $1 Billion
After weeks of disruption to scientific federal grants, the National Institutes of Health has fallen behind in funding research into…
Trump’s Funding Freeze Raises a New Question: Is the Government’s Word Good?
As the Trump administration continues to withhold billions of dollars for climate and clean energy spending — despite two federal…
Hummingbirds Living in a Hive Found for the First Time
In a remote mountain cave in Ecuador, hummingbirds were discovered sleeping and nesting together.Hummingbirds are tiny and delicate, but don’t…
Lasers, Waffle Fries and the Secrets in Pterosaurs’ Tails
Scientists identified new structures in the tail vanes of the prehistoric flying reptiles.Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes,…
What’s Best, According to the Italian Mathematician Alessio Figalli
Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of…
Abortion Provider Won’t Be Extradited to Louisiana, N.Y. Governor Says
The case could lead to a battle in federal court over whether states that support abortion rights can protect doctors…