We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.
A study finds that less than half of surveyed parents know the legal age, 21, to buy cigarettes, vapes, nicotine pouches and other tobacco products.
Claims that fluoride in drinking water causes cognitive delays in kids are driving U.S. policy. A new study finds no evidence to back them.
Advances in decoding animal sounds might someday make animal translators a possibility.
Cortisol in hair shows sharper differences in chronic stress among Ukraine war refugees than standard questionnaires.
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.
