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An illustration shows three scientists, one with an oversized magnifying glass. examining a large diagram of a human intestine filled with colorful microbes.

Health & Medicine

Simulations of your gut may predict which probiotics will stick

A “digital gut” predicted which probiotics and high‑fiber diets would take hold in people's guts and produce healthier outcomes.

By Nora Bradford2 hours ago

A high school student is sleeping on their desk, which has papers. They are holding a pencil.

Health & Medicine

A rising percentage of U.S. teens aren’t getting enough sleep

By Aimee Cunningham4 hours ago

Facial reconstruction of the Little foot human ancestor fossil

The ancient human ancestor ‘Little Foot’ gets a new face

By Jay Bennett6 hours ago

An orange rocket stands out against a blue sky.

Space

NASA scraps its 2027 moon landing, adds two missions in 2028

By Lisa GrossmanFebruary 27, 2026

Two women skiing in the mountains of Italy.

Climate

Take it from the Olympics, slushy winter sports may be the new normal

By Natasha VizcarraFebruary 27, 2026

Illustration of a child with a brain full of numbers and surrounded by numbers. Some of the numbers are highlighted with a quantity of dots that correspond to that number.

Why is math harder for some kids? Brain scans offer clues

By Lily BurtonFebruary 27, 2026

Earth as seen from the surface of the moon.

Science & Society

On moonshots and Minneapolis

By Lisa GrossmanFebruary 27, 2026

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Spotlight on Health

A colour enhanced scanning electron micrograph of an Anopheles mosquito

Mosquitoes began biting humans more than a million years ago

A DNA analysis suggests mosquitoes shifted from nonhuman primates to early humans nearly 2 million years ago.

By Tom MetcalfeFebruary 26, 2026
Can you trust the results from gut microbiome tests? Maybe not
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Climate change could threaten monarch mass migration

Suitable milkweed habitat in Mexico may shift south, fracturing existing migration routes and possibly pushing some butterflies to stay put.

Two basketball players, shown from the waist down, face off on a court.

Here’s why sneakers squeak on the basketball court

An infant sooty mangabey sleeps in its mother arms. Mpox lesions are visible on its visible body parts: its head, ears and arm.

An African monkey ate a rope squirrel and came down with mpox

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Intricate silk helps net-casting spiders ensnare prey in webs

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