Science

The AI Takeover of Mathematics

AI is permanently changing the field of mathematics; mathematicians will need to make many changes in their field to adapt to AI’s growing capabilities, and similarly, students will need to learn how to use AI if they want a chance in the future.

Why Was This Summer So Hot?

How the El Niño and Heat Dome effects caused this summer to be unusually hot and the effect it has on our environment.

How The Brain Managed to Name Itself

One’s sense of self is developed not by the ability to think, but by the ability to feel and identify those feelings.

Using Microbes To Eat Up Pollution

Bioremediation is a method of managing pollution that relies on organisms such as microbes and plants to degrade, store, or otherwise process pollutants.

Another Woman’s Trash is Another Person’s Treasure: The Hidden Value of Menstrual Blood

Another Woman’s Trash is Another Person’s Treasure: The Hidden Value of Menstrual Blood

Nighttime: How the Glymphatic System Washes the Brain During Sleep

The glymphatic system acts as the central nervous system’s natural cleanup crew mechanism, where it uses cerebrospinal fluid to flush out toxic byproducts during deep sleep, thereby preventing short-term cognitive harmful effects and decreasing the risk of long-term neurodegenerative diseases.

How “Clean Your Plate” Causes Picky Eating

Research suggests that pressuring children to eat beyond fullness can negatively affect their relationship with food and contribute to unhealthy eating habits later in life.

How Implicit Bias Works, According to Neuroscience

Neuroscience has deepened our understanding of what implicit bias is and how it works, informing our ability to combat it and better work toward equity.

A New “Pesticide”

As further developments and advancements are made in the field, RNAi pesticides may eventually reduce the agricultural industry’s dependence on traditional chemical pesticides altogether. While more research is still needed to fully understand their long-term ecological impacts and drawbacks, it is clear that RNA pesticides possess the remarkable potential to change the agriculture industry forever.

Why Ultra-Processed Foods Are So Addictive

Ultra-processed foods are becoming an increasingly dominant part of modern diets due to factors from a wide variety of areas, such as neuroscience, food engineering, and even psychology.

From Grief to Cardiac Crisis

What is heart syndrome and what is its significance in the human body?

Reading the Spin

Meet Jamie Pan, captain of the girls’ table tennis team, the Peglegs.

Why Your Brain Misses 2016

The sudden popularity of 2016 reveals how long-term memory, nostalgia, and the internet interact, suggesting that the year was romanticized out of psychological protection rather than objective truth.

The Case Against Serena Williams Promoting GLP-1 Drugs

An opinion on Serena Williams’s role promoting GLP-1s for Ro and the bigger implications it has in the context of her previous messaging.

I Versus Us

A glimmer of companionship continues to remain in a world driven by competition.

The Global Cost of U.S. Climate Denial: Vulnerable States and Increasing Climate Risk

The Trump administration’s efforts of deregulating climate policies reflects how U.S. inaction on climate change worsens environmental crises, humanitarian disasters, and instability in vulnerable countries worldwide.

Fluoride: Friend or Foe?

While fluoride helps prevent tooth decay, there are ongoing concerns about potential health risks for children and teenagers, so careful moderation and further research are necessary.

My White Streak: The Science and Struggle of Alopecia Areata

A personal story that explores the science, treatment options, and emotional impact of alopecia areata.

Pollen: A Microscopic Trigger of Macroscopic Reactions

Pollen, despite being essential for economic stability and plant reproduction, can trigger a complex immune response that can lead to seasonal allergies.

What is High Cortisol vs. Low Cortisol?

Cortisol is a stress hormone that can cause weight fluctuations and the “High vs. Low Cortisol” trend deceives low cortisol levels as a positive health goal.

New Studies Show Dogs Existed Earlier Than Previously Thought

Two new studies analyzed the oldest dog genes yet identified and could provide clues as to where dogs originated.

How AI Is Reshaping and Disrupting Traditional Healthcare

Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare by improving diagnosis, enabling personalized treatment, accelerating drug development, and reshaping the future of medicine.

Scalp First: What K-Beauty Can Teach Teens About Hair Health

A look at how the K-beauty philosophy of prevention extends to Korean hair care, and how its scalp-first approach to hair health might suggest a different way for teenagers to think about hair care.

The Illusion of Randomness

Human beings systematically misjudge randomness because the brain relies on fast pattern-recognition shortcuts rather than true probability, leading us to perceive meaning and structure in events that are actually random.

The Neuroscience Behind SING!: What Makes a Play Good?

There are a variety of factors, such as creating suspense, empathy, proper lighting placement, and strategic music, that impact a person’s brain chemistry, making a play especially memorable.

How Does the SING! Cast Memorize All Their Lines?

Many actors use strategies such as blocking, active listening, and contextual learning to memorize their long scripts more effectively.

Reshaping Vision at Night

Orthokeratology involves wearing custom-fitted and specialized contact lenses to temporarily resolve vision issues by modifying the shape of imperfections on the eye’s surface layer.

Humans: The Bears’ Next Meal?

Due to food scarcity, bears in Japan have started to turn to humans for their next meal, and if this issue is not properly recognized and emphasized, behavioral changes and ecosystem disturbances may become a habitual occurrence.

Decoding the Digital Athlete: How Sports Watches Measure Human Performance

Sports watches have evolved from simple timekeepers to sophisticated devices that track heart rate, sleep, and activity, giving users a detailed understanding of their performance and health.

The Final Burn: Decommissioning the International Space Station

Plagued by structural decay and unsustainable costs, the aging ISS presents an enormous engineering challenge to scientists and engineers aiming to safely deorbit the station.

China’s Record-Breaking Humanoid Sprinters—and Why They Aren't Ready for Our Homes

While high-speed sprinting shows how fast bipedal robots are advancing, major barriers in safety, battery life, hand dexterity, and cost still keep these machines out of our homes.

Using Microbes To Eat Up Pollution

Bioremediation is a method of managing pollution that relies on organisms such as microbes and plants to degrade, store, or otherwise process pollutants.

Extreme Weather Swings: The New Normal?

Weather whiplash, the rapid swing between weather extremes, is becoming more common and violent as a warming Arctic destabilizes key atmospheric systems. Art/Photo Request: City skyline split down the middle: one side bright sun and a thermometer reading 90°F, the other side dark storm clouds with snowstorm.

Another Woman’s Trash is Another Person’s Treasure: The Hidden Value of Menstrual Blood

Another Woman’s Trash is Another Person’s Treasure: The Hidden Value of Menstrual Blood

Curiosity Killed the Cat—And Might Save the Human

A February 2026 study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute mapped the genomes of 493 cat tumors and found they are driven by many of the same mutations as human cancers, pointing to pet cats as a powerful new model for studying—and eventually treating—cancer in people.

We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve: The Science Behind Situationships

The neuroscience behind situationships demonstrates that they may actually stem from a combination of an instinctive fear of commitment along with the natural desire to be loved.

Nighttime: How the Glymphatic System Washes the Brain During Sleep

The glymphatic system acts as the central nervous system’s natural cleanup crew mechanism, where it uses cerebrospinal fluid to flush out toxic byproducts during deep sleep, thereby preventing short-term cognitive harmful effects and decreasing the risk of long-term neurodegenerative diseases.

The Hantavirus Panic Spreads Faster Than the Virus

As the recent hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius jumpstarted online speculation and theories, the reality of hantavirus is less terrifying: it’s not likely to become a pandemic or even cause a global outbreak.

How “Clean Your Plate” Causes Picky Eating

Research suggests that pressuring children to eat beyond fullness can negatively affect their relationship with food and contribute to unhealthy eating habits later in life.

Natural Gas and the Closure of the Strait of Hormuz

A description of the role of natural gas in the economic and scientific worlds and the challenges the world is facing due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

The Fallout We Never Escaped

The consequences of nuclear weapons are not only tied to their immediate destruction and impacts. They aren’t just concepts of the past; they continue to impact us even today, and highlight a disturbing truth of our society.

How Implicit Bias Works, According to Neuroscience

Neuroscience has deepened our understanding of what implicit bias is and how it works, informing our ability to combat it and better work toward equity.

A New “Pesticide”

As further developments and advancements are made in the field, RNAi pesticides may eventually reduce the agricultural industry’s dependence on traditional chemical pesticides altogether. While more research is still needed to fully understand their long-term ecological impacts and drawbacks, it is clear that RNA pesticides possess the remarkable potential to change the agriculture industry forever.

The Invisible Cost of AI Usage: How Our Prompts Are Destroying Communities

While artificial intelligence offers convenience in our daily lives, it’s unchecked, rapid expansion is wreaking havoc on local communities and environments through excessive water and electricity usage, and severe sound pollution.

Pollen: A Microscopic Trigger of Macroscopic Reactions

Pollen, despite being essential for economic stability and plant reproduction, can trigger a complex immune response that can lead to seasonal allergies.

Why Ultra-Processed Foods Are So Addictive

Ultra-processed foods are becoming an increasingly dominant part of modern diets due to factors from a wide variety of areas, such as neuroscience, food engineering, and even psychology.

What is High Cortisol vs. Low Cortisol?

Cortisol is a stress hormone that can cause weight fluctuations and the “High vs. Low Cortisol” trend deceives low cortisol levels as a positive health goal.

New Studies Show Dogs Existed Earlier Than Previously Thought

Two new studies analyzed the oldest dog genes yet identified and could provide clues as to where dogs originated.

From Grief to Cardiac Crisis

What is heart syndrome and what is its significance in the human body?

How AI Is Reshaping and Disrupting Traditional Healthcare

Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare by improving diagnosis, enabling personalized treatment, accelerating drug development, and reshaping the future of medicine.

Reading the Spin

Meet Jamie Pan, captain of the girls’ table tennis team, the Peglegs.

Scalp First: What K-Beauty Can Teach Teens About Hair Health

A look at how the K-beauty philosophy of prevention extends to Korean hair care, and how its scalp-first approach to hair health might suggest a different way for teenagers to think about hair care.

Why Your Brain Misses 2016

The sudden popularity of 2016 reveals how long-term memory, nostalgia, and the internet interact, suggesting that the year was romanticized out of psychological protection rather than objective truth.

The Case Against Serena Williams Promoting GLP-1 Drugs

An opinion on Serena Williams’s role promoting GLP-1s for Ro and the bigger implications it has in the context of her previous messaging.

I Versus Us

A glimmer of companionship continues to remain in a world driven by competition.

The Illusion of Randomness

Human beings systematically misjudge randomness because the brain relies on fast pattern-recognition shortcuts rather than true probability, leading us to perceive meaning and structure in events that are actually random.

The Neuroscience Behind SING!: What Makes a Play Good?

There are a variety of factors, such as creating suspense, empathy, proper lighting placement, and strategic music, that impact a person’s brain chemistry, making a play especially memorable.

How Does the SING! Cast Memorize All Their Lines?

Many actors use strategies such as blocking, active listening, and contextual learning to memorize their long scripts more effectively.

The Global Cost of U.S. Climate Denial: Vulnerable States and Increasing Climate Risk

The Trump administration’s efforts of deregulating climate policies reflects how U.S. inaction on climate change worsens environmental crises, humanitarian disasters, and instability in vulnerable countries worldwide.

Fluoride: Friend or Foe?

While fluoride helps prevent tooth decay, there are ongoing concerns about potential health risks for children and teenagers, so careful moderation and further research are necessary.

My White Streak: The Science and Struggle of Alopecia Areata

A personal story that explores the science, treatment options, and emotional impact of alopecia areata.

Reshaping Vision at Night

Orthokeratology involves wearing custom-fitted and specialized contact lenses to temporarily resolve vision issues by modifying the shape of imperfections on the eye’s surface layer.

Humans: The Bears’ Next Meal?

Due to food scarcity, bears in Japan have started to turn to humans for their next meal, and if this issue is not properly recognized and emphasized, behavioral changes and ecosystem disturbances may become a habitual occurrence.

Decoding the Digital Athlete: How Sports Watches Measure Human Performance

Sports watches have evolved from simple timekeepers to sophisticated devices that track heart rate, sleep, and activity, giving users a detailed understanding of their performance and health.

The Final Burn: Decommissioning the International Space Station

Plagued by structural decay and unsustainable costs, the aging ISS presents an enormous engineering challenge to scientists and engineers aiming to safely deorbit the station.

The AI Takeover of Mathematics

AI is permanently changing the field of mathematics; mathematicians will need to make many changes in their field to adapt to AI’s growing capabilities, and similarly, students will need to learn how to use AI if they want a chance in the future.

Why Was This Summer So Hot?

How the El Niño and Heat Dome effects caused this summer to be unusually hot and the effect it has on our environment.

Postpartum Psychosis: Beyond the Baby Blues of Lindsay Clancy's Case

Lindsay Clancy’s case examines how postpartum psychosis can change a person’s perception of reality, and raises questions about the extent of mental illness and its effects on criminal responsibility.

The Science That Kills The Giants

The existence of giants is proven false through a physics experiment that Galileo conducted and through the shared failure of the cardiovascular system of human giants.

How The Brain Managed to Name Itself

One’s sense of self is developed not by the ability to think, but by the ability to feel and identify those feelings.

Can Pig Organs Save Human Lives?

Advances in gene editing and immunosuppressive medicine have brought pig-to-human kidney transplantation into clinical trials, but immune rejection, infection, and questions about long-term survival still exist for xenotransplantation.

From Kitchen Cabinets to World Records: How Bicarb Enhances Performance

Sodium bicarbonate supplementation effectively delays muscle fatigue during high-intensity exertion, but requires advanced delivery methods to prevent severe gastrointestinal side effects.