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Gen X Faces Higher Cancer Rates Than Any Previous Generation
Researchers are investigating changes in cancer risks among young people as new data predict that rising rates of leading cancers, such as colon cancer, will overtake improvements
Gen X Faces Higher Cancer Rates Than Any Previous Generation
Researchers are investigating changes in cancer risks among young people as new data predict that rising rates of leading cancers, such as colon cancer, will overtake improvements
The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of Justice
5 New Types of Gravitational-Wave Detectors Could Reshape Astrophysics
The Conservation Efforts That Brought Back the Last Truly Wild Horse
Heat Waves Delay Trains. Blame ‘Sun Kinks’
We Indulged Our Child During COVID Lockdown. Did That Change Him?
PMDD Is a Menstrual Disorder Much More Severe than PMS
The Head of NASA Science Spent a Whole Weekend Building a LEGO Rocket
We’re Not Asking the Right Question to Solve the Overdose Crisis
Ozempic Quiets Food Noise in the Brain—But How?
Can AI Save Schrödinger’s Cat?
Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming Through Their Head
The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks
The Biggest Problem in Mathematics Is Finally a Step Closer to Being Solved
Number theorists have been trying to prove a conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers for more than 160 years
The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat
Przewalski’s horses, once extinct in the wild, are revitalizing Kazakhstan’s “Golden Steppe”
Highly Invasive Spotted Lanternflies May Have a Surprising Weakness: Vibrations
Spotted lanternflies are sometimes drawn to power line vibrations—and scientists are taking notice
Why Some People Haven’t Caught COVID despite Being Exposed
When scientists exposed people to the virus that causes COVID, only a subset got sick. Studying them could offer clues to immunity
A Dead Star Will Soon Spark a Once-in-a-Lifetime Display in Earth’s Skies
A nova called T Coronae Borealis spectacularly erupts every 80 years. Your only chance to see it will come any day now