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May 3, 2024 Stay tuned for a new era of Science Quickly. By Rachel Feltman Anaissa Ruiz Tejada/Scientific American Rachel Feltman: Hey there, Science Quickly fans. Some of you have probably been listening to this podcast from the very beginning, which is no small feat—this show is just about old enough to vote, which makes … Read more

Oh, we humans do love a cleanly defined boundary, don’t we? They make things easier, after all. If we’re trying to categorize something, knowing what labeled bin to put it in is handy. If we’re looking for trends, then sharp boundaries are even better because they let us compare things in a single category to … Read more

May 3, 2024 4 min read Black Americans face higher hurdles in diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia, the most common form of dementia for people under 60 By Ashley Andreou & Minali Nigam Maskot/Getty Images The first time many people likely ever heard of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) was in 2023 when actor Bruce Willis … Read more

May 3, 2024 3 min read You can thank yeast and bacteria cultivated over generations for the distinctive taste and smell of the oldest leavened bread in history By Daniel Veghte & The Conversation US Microbes make a home among the starch grains of your sourdough starter. Daniel Veghte The following essay is reprinted with … Read more

May 3, 2024 4 min read Superstitions linger into the modern era, in part, because they may be holdovers from a time when they provided a measure of protection from predators and other mortal dangers By Deena Mousa Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs. Michael Owens/Getty Images Quarterback Patrick Mahomes wears the same pair … Read more

May 3, 2024 4 min read A multimillion-dollar digital camera could revolutionize astronomy. But first it needs to climb a mountain halfway around the globe By Rahul Rao A worker shines a flashlight into the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s camera. J. Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/NOIRLab (CC BY 4.0) By late next year, if all … Read more

In the nearly two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, restrictions on the health care procedure have expanded, particularly across the South. Currently, 14 states have banned abortion outright, and 11 have restricted it to 22 weeks or less after a person’s … Read more

Time heals all wounds, as the saying goes. But any medical professional can tell you that the hours required for recovery after an injury can vary widely. A person’s age, lifestyle and level of social support, for example, are all known influences on how quickly their body heals. Their thoughts can play a remarkably powerful … Read more

May 3, 2024 4 min read Gas stoves spew nitrogen dioxide at levels that frequently exceed those that are deemed safe by health organizations By Allison Parshall Lucas Ninno/Getty Images Nearly 40 percent of U.S. homes have gas stoves, which spew a host of compounds that are harmful to breathe, such as carbon monoxide, particulate … Read more

This week Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning the production and sale of lab-grown meat, also called cultured meat, in the state. “Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs to achieve their authoritarian goals,” DeSantis said in … Read more