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A Little-Known Inflammatory Disease Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Genetics

A Little-Known Inflammatory Disease Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Grace Huckins

Yes, Light Pollution Erases Stars From the Sky

Vanishing Act

Yes, Light Pollution Erases Stars From the Sky

Ramin Skibba

The Secret Lives of Neutron Stars

Neverending Story

The Secret Lives of Neutron Stars

Sophia Chen

How Supergenes Beat the Odds—and Fuel Evolution

Wild Card

How Supergenes Beat the Odds—and Fuel Evolution

Carrie Arnold

Wanted: Dead Birds and Bats, Felled by Renewables

Clean Energy

Wanted: Dead Birds and Bats, Felled by Renewables

Emma Foehringer Merchant

How Fiber Optic Cables Could Warn You of an Earthquake

Seismology

How Fiber Optic Cables Could Warn You of an Earthquake

Matt Simon

Schizophrenia Drugs Are Finally Getting an Overhaul

Mental Health

Schizophrenia Drugs Are Finally Getting an Overhaul

Grace Browne

Covid Can Boost Your Response to Flu Vaccines—if You’re a Man

Immunology

Covid Can Boost Your Response to Flu Vaccines—if You’re a Man

Maggie Chen

This Fake Skin Fools Mosquitoes—to Fight the Diseases They Spread

Skin Deep

This Fake Skin Fools Mosquitoes—to Fight the Diseases They Spread

Max G. Levy

A Crucial Group of Covid Drugs Has Stopped Working

Public Health

A Crucial Group of Covid Drugs Has Stopped Working

Emily Mullin

The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis Has a Troubling Twist

Public Health

The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis Has a Troubling Twist

Maryn McKenna

A Bold Plan to Beam Solar Energy Down From Space

Star Power

A Bold Plan to Beam Solar Energy Down From Space

Ramin Skibba

Aftershocks May Rock Turkey and Syria for Months, Even Years

Seismology

Aftershocks May Rock Turkey and Syria for Months, Even Years

Matt Simon

A Looming El Niño Could Dry the Amazon

High and Dry

A Looming El Niño Could Dry the Amazon

Matt Simon

At Last, the Milky Way Gets a Better Close Up

Starring Role

At Last, the Milky Way Gets a Better Close Up

Katrina Miller

The Climate Crisis Is Threatening Spain’s Saffron Crop

Budding Disaster

The Climate Crisis Is Threatening Spain’s Saffron Crop

Sam Jones

MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the First Time

Trip Down Under

MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the First Time

Grace Browne

What Would Earth’s Temperature Be Like Without an Atmosphere?

Dot Physics

What Would Earth’s Temperature Be Like Without an Atmosphere?

Rhett Allain

The Secret to Making Concrete That Lasts 1,000 Years

Hard Stuff

The Secret to Making Concrete That Lasts 1,000 Years

Jim Morrison

Scientists Grew Mini Human Guts Inside Mice

Stunt Double

Scientists Grew Mini Human Guts Inside Mice

Emily Mullin