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This killer fungus strikes at sunset. Here’s how

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

Here’s how air pollution may trigger lung cancer

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

The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life

After my birth, my mother became allergic to the world. That’s the only way I knew how...

Animals Are the Original Wellness Influencers

In the early 2010s, researchers in Mexico City noticed that sparrows and finches at the national university...

How Trump Killed Cancer Research

When donald trump moved back into the White House, the United States was years into its Cancer...

There’s Neuralink—and There’s the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It

Mark Jackson is playing a computer game with his mind. As he reclines in bed, three blue...

The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of...

A summer of escalating existential threats

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

Readers wonder about quantum biology, babies’ memories and parrot speech

A quantum query A century ago, physicists laid the foundation of quantum mechanics. Today, with greater...

Why It’s Taking LA So Long to Rebuild After the Wildfires

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the wake of...
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