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Lawsuit Attacks Florida’s Lab-Grown Meat Ban as Unconstitutional

Florida’s ban on cultivated meat is being challenged in federal court in a lawsuit that was filed...

Your medications might make it harder for you to beat the heat

The pills stocked inside your medicine cabinet may factor into how well you can handle summer heat....

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...

Your face’s hot spots may reveal how well you are aging

Reading people’s faces can literally give you a hint of how they are feeling on the inside....

A risk-tolerant immune system may enable house sparrows’ wanderlust

For animals exploring new territory, taking risks is key to survival. But eating unfamiliar foods can be...

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...

Of frogs and the people who love them

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor...

Readers ponder sign language in ancient humans, looped universe

A sign of our past? Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies...

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...

Why Japan issued its first-ever mega-earthquake alert

On August 8, the Japanese Meteorological Agency issued its first-ever “megaquake alert,” after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake...
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