We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
Editor in chief Nancy Shute introduces a new social sciences column that explores what it means to be human.
Experimental houses with screens, rainwater systems and ventilation reduced malaria, diarrhea and infections among children in Tanzania.
Best practices, including checking public E. coli reports and keeping your head above water can keep you safe while swimming.
Historian Janet Browne’s Darwin: A Biography lifts the curtain on the private life of Charles Darwin, one of science’s most controversial pioneers.
British chef Mike Keen will ski across Greenland eating only fermented seal. Researchers will study how the Inuit diet shapes gut health.
Technologies, including chatbots, promise to make life easier. But removing the friction, or effort involved in thinking, has costs.
Nigerian virologist Margaret Oluwatoyin Japhet has designed a rapid test that could diagnose rotavirus at a child’s bedside.
Suicide is a top cause of death for teens and young adults. A study finds a link between the 988 Lifeline and a drop in their suicide mortality.
Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.
