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Stop blaming blue light for all your problems
Health

Stop blaming blue light for all your problems

By Alex Schwartz

Jeopardy!
Health

Why do we love game shows like ‘Jeopardy!’ so much?

By Alex Schwartz

A galaxy named NGC 1803 as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Science

Why does space look so dark?

By Alex Schwartz

human skeleton
Health

You’ll never have as many bones as you did at birth (and other strange skeleton facts)

By Alex Schwartz

South Pole Science Lab
Environment

How one of the most remote places in the world hosts some of the most incredible science

By Alex Schwartz

kid eating cake
Ask Us Anything

How your tongue tells your brain what you’re tasting

By Alex Schwartz

prEP drugs
Diseases

Here’s how PrEP medications outsmart HIV

By Alex Schwartz

PreP HIV antiretroviral drugs
Diseases

What it means to have ‘undetectable’ HIV—and why you need to know

By Alex Schwartz

Octopus illustration
Animals

When you give octopus MDMA they hug it out

By Alex Schwartz

Maya the agave plant through glass ceiling
Environment

After busting through a glass ceiling, Maya the agave plant is dying as dramatically as possible

By Alex Schwartz

Why doesn’t anyone live on the moon yet?
Moons

Why doesn’t anyone live on the moon yet?

By Alex Schwartz

How a Victorian heart medicine became a gay sex drug
Health

How a Victorian heart medicine became a gay sex drug

By Alex Schwartz

These bowls suggest humans were already smoking weed by 420 BC
Archaeology

These bowls suggest humans were already smoking weed by 420 BC

By Alex Schwartz

Dozing off in a meeting? It could be the air.
Health

Dozing off in a meeting? It could be the air.

By Alex Schwartz

This island is many frogs’ last hope for surviving the world’s deadliest pathogen
Animals

This island is many frogs’ last hope for surviving the world’s deadliest pathogen

By Alex Schwartz

Hurricane season is early—again
Climate Change

Hurricane season is early—again

By Alex Schwartz

This spider’s exoskeleton looks like a helmet for a very tiny alien
Animals

This spider’s exoskeleton looks like a helmet for a very tiny alien

By Alex Schwartz

Listen to a haunting song composed using climate data
Climate Change

Listen to a haunting song composed using climate data

By Alex Schwartz

‘Record-setting’ doesn’t do our CO2 levels justice. This chart does.
Climate Change

‘Record-setting’ doesn’t do our CO2 levels justice. This chart does.

By Alex Schwartz

The UN’s devastating extinction report, explained in 5 charts
Animals

The UN’s devastating extinction report, explained in 5 charts

By Alex Schwartz