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Extreme Weather Poses a Challenge for Heat Pumps

Andreas Bangheri knows how to read the wind. He’s been hang gliding and piloting small aircraft around...

The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Once upon a time, long ago, the world...

How Do You Get Drugs to the Brain? Maybe Try a Parasite

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Parasites take an enormous toll on...

The FDA Just Rejected a Bid for MDMA’s Approval to Treat PTSD

The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a first-of-its-kind proposal to use the psychedelic drug MDMA,...

Noah Lyles’ Olympic Run Is the New Normal for Living With Covid

Covid cases have spiked every summer since 2020, and this season is no exception. A Covid wave...

Does Jewelry and Big Hair Slow Down Olympic Runners?

To be an Olympic champion, athletes spend years perfecting every aspect of their performance. That same attention...

Judging Breakdancing at the Olympics Is an Art, Not a Science

Back in 2017, when I was watching the breaking battles at the Silverback Open in the suburbs...

NASA Still Hasn’t Decided How to Get the Boeing Starliner Astronauts Home

During a news conference on Wednesday, NASA officials for the first time publicly discussed divisions within the...

Beyond Meat Is Stalling in the US. Europe Could Be Another Story

The plant-based meat industry is in a bad place. Sales in the US fell last year as...

The Benefits of Ozempic Are Multiplying

You’ve heard the dramatic weight loss stories. Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, can help...

She’s the New Face of Climate Activism—and She’s Carrying a Pickax

The atmosphere is more festival than crime scene. There’s an accordionist, and two men in beanie hats...

Public Health Experts Want Coca-Cola and the Olympics to Break Up

The Coca-Cola Company is the longest-standing sponsor of the Olympic Games—a relationship dating so far back that...
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