What We Know about Long COVID Right NowResearchers are still working to understand the complicated and debilitating condition dubbed long COVIDBy Ziyad Al-Aly & The Conversation USResearchers are gaining key insights into the ways that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can lead...
Komodo Dragons’ Nightmare Iron-Tipped Teeth Are a Reptilian FirstReptile teeth have long been considered simple and cheap because the animals replace them regularly. That isn't so, Komodo dragons showBy Meghan BartelsAn adult Komodo dragon seen at a zoo. Jürgen &...
The Legacy of Lynchings Still Hurts the Economic Prospects of Black AmericansDespite progress, the long shadow of racial violence continues to undermine economic opportunities for African Americans todayBy Sotiris KampanelisA historic marker detailing lynching in Anne Arundel County and in...
When Dogs Smell Your Stress, They Act SadDogs can smell when people are stressed, and it seems to make them feel downheartedBy Sara Novak Hailey Seelig/Getty ImagesHumans and dogs have been close companions for perhaps 30,000 years, according to anthropological...
When a humpback whale arrived in the seas off Mexico last year, the scientific world sat up in wonder. And with good reason, because the whale – aptly named Frodo – had just finished an 11,000-kilometre journey that began in...
Cosplay coral-ation Getting anyone, anyone at all, to notice what you have discovered is a problem for almost every scientist. (It’s a problem also for almost anyone anywhere who discovers almost anything.) Mark Patterson at Northeastern University in Massachusetts and...
British Columbia in Canada, during the 2023 wildfire seasonDavid J. Mitchell/Shutterstock Extreme heat, drought and wildfires caused forests and other land ecosystems to emit almost as much carbon dioxide as they removed from the atmosphere in 2023, nearly canceling out...
Sharks in Brazil Test Positive for a Surprising Contaminant: CocaineCocaine has been detected in sharks for the first time, but scientists aren’t sure of the impactBy Stephanie PappasResearchers found cocaine in sharpnose sharks off Brazil. These sharks are in the...
Machine learning is key to developments in medical diagnosticsMario Heller/Panos Pictures Why Machines LearnAnil Ananthaswamy (Allen Lane (UK); Penguin Random House (US)) As someone who writes for a living, I routinely feel assaulted by the onslaught of generative artificial intelligence. How long before...
Drinking alcohol isn’t good for you, but it is often a sociable activityVioleta Stoimenova/Getty Images Drinking even small amounts of alcohol reduces your life expectancy, rigorous studies show. Only those with serious flaws suggest that moderate drinking is beneficial. That’s...
