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Dec 2022
A new study puts the “brain drain hypothesis”—the idea that just having a phone next to you impacts your cognition—to the test to see if the science passes muster.
Dec 2022
The verdict is in: female dogs actively evaluate human competence.
Dec 2022
A massive storm slammed into Alaska’s western coast, and there was no ice to stop it.
Dec 2022
Concertgoers danced more when music was supplemented with low-frequency bass tones.
Dec 2022
Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies.
Dec 2022
Recordings of more than 50 species of turtles and other animals help scientists reassess the origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates.
Dec 2022
Researchers put this ancient critter through a subzero gauntlet to learn more about what happens to their internal clock while surviving the extreme.
Nov 2022
From the ashes of the giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park arise a history of fire suppression and real questions about what happens to the forests in a drought-stricken West Coast going forward.
Nov 2022
In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity.
Nov 2022
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