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Palisades and Eaton Fires Show Rising Dangers of Fast-Moving Fires

Flooding’s Hidden Killers Include Heart Attacks and Infections

Pluto May Have Won Its Moon Charon with a ‘Kiss’

What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means

ADHD Symptoms Can Fluctuate with the Menstrual Cycle

American Global Health Leadership in a Second Trump Administration

Why Time ‘Slows’ When You’re in Danger

How the Outdoors Affects Our Nervous System and Changes Our Microbiome

How the Los Angeles Fires Were Fueled by Santa Ana Winds and Climate Change

First Human Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported—How Worried Should We Be?

More People Are Dying in Cold Weather, Especially Older Adults

Dangerously Cold Temperatures Are Way below Normal, but ‘Normal’ Is Getting Warmer

Elon Musk’s DOGE Panel Won’t Fix Bureaucracy

Plants’ Photosynthetic Machinery Functions inside Hamster Cells

What Is Human Metapneumovirus, and Why Are Cases Rising in China?

The Math Mystery That Connects Sudoku, Flight Schedules and Protein Folding

Biden Awards Three Climate Experts Nation’s Highest Science Honor

How to ‘Catch’ Prime Numbers

The Real Reason People Don’t Trust in Science Has Nothing to Do with Scientists

Heliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025

Jumping ‘Numts’ from Mitochondria Can Be Fast and Deadly

What Is the Zodiac—And What Does It Mean for You?

Nanotech Scientists Build on an Insect’s Odd Soccer-Ball-Like Excretions to Design Ingenious Camouflage

Do We Live in a Special Part of the Universe?

Some of These Whales May Live Twice as Long as Scientists Thought

Meet Pearl Young, Who ‘Raised Hell’ at NASA’s Predecessor

Nearly Forgotten ‘Phage Therapy’ Fights Antibiotic Resistance

Northern Lights May Adorn New Year’s Sky after Solar Outbursts

How Frazzled Parents Can Be More Present with Kids during the Holidays

Why Countries Are Color-Coding Healthy Foods at Grocery Stores

Outrage Fatigue Is Real. Here’s Why We Feel It and How to Cope

Jimmy Carter, Who Has Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea Worm, a Debilitating Parasite

Concerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely Ill Patient

For the New Year, the FDA Is Changing What Foods Can Be Called ‘Healthy’

People Living in Las Vegas’s Tunnels Urged to Get Medical Treatment

How the Duck Stamp Became One of the Most Successful Conservation Tools in U.S. History

The U.S. Drone Panic Mirrors UFO Overreactions

How to Tactfully Ask Your Child’s Friend’s Parents if They Have Guns at Home

An Earth-Rocking Cosmic Explosion Turns 20

Why Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist (but It’s Useful to Act like It Does)

Are Octopuses Too Smart to Be Farmed?

WWII Sugar Rationing Gave Kids a Lifelong Health Boost

Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity

Why People Get More Colds in Winter

A Little Math Can Streamline Holiday Cookie Making

How Rare ‘Alice in Wonderland Syndrome’ Warps Reality

Untangling Why Red Wine Causes Headaches

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Attempts a Record-Breaking Christmas Eve Flyby

How Climate Change Could Trigger Earthquakes

Americans Are Moody, and Pollsters Should Pay Attention