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Astronaut Edwin Aldrin stands by the American flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969.

Another moon landing will take more than rocket science

The first lunar landing took place more than 50 years ago, and there are myriad reasons America has struggled to do it...

Reporting from The New York Times cited data showing prolonged school closures didn’t significantly decrease Covid-19 mortality, and also set many kids back in their education.
THE BROAD VIEW

This isn’t how you ‘restore gold standard’ science

President Trump’s executive order is really about giving government officials the power to reject any scientific evidence they disagree with

Individual humans still always beat individual ants. But their performance vastly improve when they team up. Humans’ performance do not.

What longhorn crazy ants can teach us about groupthink

There’s a reason we often fail to accomplish anything in staff meetings or settle on a less- effective solution

A large screen showing news footage of China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe on the far side of the moon. It drilled beneath the surface and sent back 2 kg of rock and dirt.

The 10 most intriguing science breakthroughs of 2024

Some findings can make us healthier, while others expand the outer limits of our knowledge of the universe

Robert F. Kennedy, the recently appointed health secretary for the United States, has said that he is concerned that the Froot Loops cereal along with other processed foods are a potential health danger for consumers.
LIFE & CULTURE

Don’t let RFK Jr distract from the big health threat: Sugar

It’s not the food dye in Froot Loops that Americans should fear; it’s the more than 30 kilograms of sugar they consume...

Resilient people are those who are willing to look failure in the eye, but such people are rare because looking squarely at our failures makes us feel bad about ourselves.

Failure doesn’t breed success – except when it does

When people repeatedly fail, it’s probably because they’re either not listening to feedback or not getting any

Sleep brings dreams, which, according to new research, can give shape to creative ideas that come to us like gifts from a muse.
LIFE & CULTURE

Want to be more creative? Try dream-hacking while you sleep

New scientific methods are helping researchers understand how dreams can boost brainpower