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Meghan Rosen

Mouth taping may be a trending sleep hack, but the science behind it is slim

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

Stressed plants make ultrasonic clicking noises

Listen carefully, and a plant may tell you it’s thirsty. Dry tomato and tobacco plants emit distinct...

Sleeping sickness is nearing elimination. An experimental drug could help

The patient arrived at the hospital one hot night in Masi-Manimba, an agricultural town unfurled along the...

310-million-year-old fossil blobs might not be jellyfish after all

What do you get when you flip a fossilized “jellyfish” upside down? The answer, it turns out,...

An antibody injection could one day help people with endometriosis

An experimental treatment for endometriosis, a painful gynecological disease that affects some 190 million people worldwide, may...

Here’s how lemon juice may fend off kidney stones

A surprise ingredient may explain how lemon juice puts the squeeze on kidney stones. Lemons contain nanoparticles...

The deadly VEXAS syndrome is more common than doctors thought

A mysterious new disease may be to blame for severe, unexplained inflammation in older men. Now, researchers...

Procrastination may harm your health. Here’s what you can do

The worst procrastinators probably won’t be able to read this story. It’ll remind them of what they’re...