
Love Isn’t Just about Romance. Here’s How Nonromantic Bonds Shape Our Lives
Valentine’s Day often focuses on romance, but deep friendships deserve love, too. Here’s why they matter.
Love Isn’t Just about Romance. Here’s How Nonromantic Bonds Shape Our Lives
Valentine’s Day often focuses on romance, but deep friendships deserve love, too. Here’s why they matter.
Men Actually Crave Romantic Relationships More Than Women Do
Multiple-study analysis looks at why men’s emotional intimacy is much more difficult outside of romantic relationships
Scientists React to RFK, Jr.’s Confirmation as HHS Secretary
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has expressed support for some fields of science but has also declared he’d like a “break” in infectious-disease research. Here’s what he might do as the U.S.’s newly confirmed secretary of health and human services
Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants Hit Long-Awaited Testing Milestone
Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer
Measles Outbreak in Children Grows in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties
With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination
This Researcher Discovered the Cause of Down Syndrome, But For 50 Years Got None of the Credit
Marthe Gautier speaks out about how she found the genetic cause of Down syndrome
The Beauty of ‘Slow Flowers’ versus the Pretty Poison of Plants Grown with Dangerous Chemicals
New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the U.S. flower market
‘Hot Potato’ Plants Engineered to Flourish in Heat Waves
A genetic tweak keeps potatoes efficient in the heat
Trump Gives EPA One Week to Decide on Abandoning Climate Pollution Regulation
President Trump ordered EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to decide by next week whether the agency could abandon its authority to regulate climate pollution under the Clean Air Act
The Latest on Bird Flu Strains and Sick Cats
Scientists have reported a new strain of bird flu in Nevada dairy cattle. And viral spread in pet cats has fueled worries over increased risk of exposure to humans
The Surprising Importance of This Adorable Sea Turtle Dance
Sea turtles are capable of creating GPS-like magnetic maps to guide them back to foraging grounds, and they do a little dance when they recognize those spots
The Most Energetic Neutrino Ever Seen Makes a Mediterranean Splash
A “ghost particle” discovered by a detector in the Mediterranean carried 30 times more energy than any neutrino observed to date