Health
Pharmacists Face Elevated Suicide Risk
The next time you pick up a prescription, take a moment to really look at the person handing it to you.
Jan 12, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Why Unfinished Tasks Won’t Leave You Alone
That nagging feeling when you leave a crossword half-done or abandon an email mid-sentence is not just a quirk of personality.
Jan 12, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A New Tool for Probing the Brain’s Deepest Secrets
You know you are reading this sentence. You feel the seat beneath you, notice the light in the room, sense your own presence.
Jan 12, 2026
Health
How Much Cannabis Is Too Much? Scientists Finally Have a Number
People who drink alcohol have long had a rough guide: count your drinks, stay within a weekly limit, and you can sidestep most of the trouble.
Jan 12, 2026
Health
Your Fat Tissue Might Forget It Was Ever Obese
When a person loses significant weight, the benefits show up in blood pressure readings, cholesterol panels, and diabetes risk.
Jan 12, 2026
Physics
The Dead Star That Refuses to Be Quiet
When a star like our Sun finally burns through its fuel, it doesn't vanish. It shrinks into a white dwarf, a dense ember roughly the size of Earth, and begins the long process of cooling into cosmic retirement.
Jan 12, 2026
Physics
When a Galaxy Slowly Starves to Death
Not every giant goes out with a bang. Some simply stop eating. Astronomers studying the early universe have found a massive galaxy that quit making stars not…
Jan 12, 2026
Health
A Blood Signal That Crohn’s Disease Is Coming
The gut is home to trillions of bacteria, most of them peaceful tenants going about their business.
Jan 12, 2026
Health
When Genomes Pile Up, a Smarter Filing System Helps
Anyone who has tried to organize years of digital photos knows the sinking feeling: storage full, and no clear way to sort through the mess.
Jan 12, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The Brain’s Internal Clock Decides What Counts as ‘You’
Put your hand flat on a table. You know it belongs to you. But that certainty, so obvious it barely seems worth mentioning, is not a given.
Jan 12, 2026
Life
The Catastrophe That Made Your Backbone Possible
Every fish you have ever eaten, every frog that has croaked outside your window, every bird and mammal and reptile on Earth owes its existence to a disaster.
Jan 10, 2026
Brain & Behavior
What Your Partner Thinks About Money May Shape How You Feel About Your Job
Picture the familiar scene: two incomes, one household, and an occasional disagreement about whether that raise really matters or the bonus was "just okay.
Jan 10, 2026
Earth & Environment
Four Million Miles of American Rivers Have Almost No Legal Shield
Less than one in five miles of US rivers carry enough legal protection to keep their ecosystems healthy.
Jan 10, 2026
Physics
This 700-Meter Space Rock Spins So Fast It Should Be Dust by Now
Picture a boulder eight football fields wide, tumbling through the void between Mars and Jupiter.
Jan 9, 2026