We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
Conservative pronatalists want a return to the traditional nuclear family. But that family structure is at odds with how humans evolved.
Instagram and YouTube intentionally designed social media platforms to hook users, a landmark court case found. A pediatrician explains the ruling’s impact.
A court ruling that blocks Trump administration vaccine policy is a win for science. But much work remains to rebuild trust in vaccines.
The Day After Tomorrow, Snowpiercer, Snowball Earth: Such end-of-days visions of a frozen Earth are fantastical … but can contain a snowflake of truth.
A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.
People quickly normalize extreme weather. Simple visuals highlighting abrupt change could help climate change break through our mental blind spots.
People are increasingly using AI auto-complete features when writing. Unbeknownst to them, that feature may change how they think.
Space exploration can bring people together and reflect deep societal divisions.
Direct detection of lithium from a SpaceX rocket reentry offers new evidence that metal pollution from space debris could threaten the ozone layer.
