In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so ...

What does AI do with human feelings? To investigate its readiness to serve as a therapist, a neuroscientist took ChatGPT for ...

A nutrition scientist found that the reality show’s contestants’ metabolisms slowed after participating—and didn’t recover.

Colonization deprived us of the means to provide for our families and live a Yurok way of life. The Yurok people’s ability to ...

When the Nobel committee called, Fred Ramsdell did not pick up. Plus, searching ancient archaea for solutions to modern antibiotic resistance.

We check in on some exciting space missions and projects from IMAP to LIGO. Plus, in “Dinner With King Tut,” Sam Kean shows ...

We check in on some exciting space missions and projects from IMAP to LIGO. Plus, climate tech companies that have our attention.

A new book goes behind the scenes of the removal of four dams along the Klamath River, and the massive restoration effort ...

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