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  • How Environmental DNA Helped the Fight Against COVID-19

    Technology that can identify stray bits of genetic material in the environment can help scientists monitor human and animal health.

  • At What Age Are You Happiest? New Research Reveals Surprising Clues

  • Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Suspension: What It Means for You

  • Here’s How People End Up Living at Airports for Months or Even Years

  • Why the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Mishap Shouldn’t Scare You

  • Why Easter Is Called Easter, & Other Little-Known Facts About the Holiday

    A scholar explains the rich historical roots of Easter and how it has evolved over the centuries.

  • 4 Reasons Unaccompanied Minor Children Have Created a ‘Border Crisis’

  • Suez Canal Blockage: Top 3 Takeaways After Ship Is Freed

  • Godzilla vs. Kong: A Functional Morphologist Uses Science to Pick a Winner

  • Suez Canal Blockage: What It Takes to Unwedge a Megaship

  • Many QAnon Followers Report Having Mental Health Diagnoses

    QAnon followers are different from other radicals in one key way: They are far more likely to have serious mental illnesses.

  • This Passover Will Be a Time to Recognize Tragedies & Offer Hope

  • Growing Evidence Shows How Service Dogs Help Veterans With PTSD

  • Why Those Who Have Had COVID-19 Should Still Get Vaccinated

  • How Safe & Effective Is the AstraZeneca Vaccine? 5 Questions Answered

  • Cicadas Brood X: Billions of Noisy Insects Coming Soon to Trees Near You

  • What Is a Hate Crime? Experts Say It Is Hard to Charge & Convict

  • How Effective Is the First Shot of the Pfizer or Moderna Vaccine?

  • St. Patrick’s Day: A Time to Toast … Your Liver

  • Daylight Saving Time Could Hit Even Harder This Year Because of COVID-19

    Springing forward for daylight saving time will be especially hard this year due to sleep loss from COVID-19. Why does the US keep doing this?

  • 3 Medical Innovations Fueled by COVID-19 That Will Outlast the Pandemic

  • Support for QAnon Is Hard to Measure – & Polls May Overestimate It

  • The Science Behind Keeping Frozen Wind Turbines Spinning in the Cold

  • 6 COVID-19 Treatments Helping Patients Survive

  • How Black Cartographers Put Racism on the Map of America

    Mapping is one way African Americans fight for equality and help each other navigate a racially hostile landscape.

  • How Does the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Compare to Moderna & Pfizer?

  • What’s Behind $15,000 Electricity Bills in Texas Amid Weather Crisis?

  • Long COVID: How Many People Get It & Who Is Most at Risk?

  • Power Outages: 4 Questions Answered About Weather-Driven Blackouts

  • NASA Perseverance Rover Seeks Evidence of Past Life on Mars

    NASA's Mars 2020 mission arrives at the red planet on Feb. 18. On the rocket is the Perseverance Rover. The rover's goal is to collect rock and soil samples to be brought back to Earth in the future.