Kidney DiseaseMarch 17, 2026
A hidden kidney threat—and new treatments that make detecting it critical
IgA nephropathy, an immune assault on the kidneys, is often missed. New treatments mean that spotting it sooner might save lives
Scientific American
WeatherMarch 20, 2026
Everything about this week’s record-shattering western heat wave is extreme
Public HealthMarch 21, 2026
U.K.’s deadly meningitis outbreak shows importance of vaccination
ComputingMarch 21, 2026
Open-source software has an invisible vulnerability. Hackers have found it
GamesMarch 21, 2026
Math Puzzle: March Math-ness
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CognitionMarch 21, 2026
Brain’s protective barrier stays leaky for years after playing contact sports
AutismMarch 20, 2026
Rival ‘shadow’ group to RFK, Jr.’s autism science committee meets in D.C.
AstrophysicsMarch 20, 2026
How accurate is the science in Project Hail Mary?
ChemistryMarch 20, 2026
Agnes Pockels’ pioneering work was unfairly dismissed by tropes about women’s domestic roles
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Children
The kids are all right
Astrophysics
Galaxies without dark matter mystify astronomers
Kidney Disease
New ways to save kidneys
Kidney Disease
The number of kidney patients is going up
Games
Spellements
Create as many words as you can!
Math Puzzles
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.
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Science inspired games, puzzles and quizzes
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Public Health
Can peanut allergies be cured?
Public Health
How much vitamin D do you need to stay healthy?
Pharmaceuticals
These cancers were beyond treatment—but might not be anymore
Podcasts
GLP-1 DrugsMarch 18, 2026
Weight loss was just the beginning: How the GLP-1 story is evolving
Nuclear weaponsMarch 16, 2026
Oil reserves tapped as nuclear assertions face pushback, warming fuels hail, and microbiome affects the brain
Public HealthMarch 13, 2026
The dark roots of RFK, Jr.’s public health ideology
PsychologyMarch 11, 2026
How The Traitors reveals the psychology behind lying
Popular Stories
HealthMarch 19, 2026
Experimental GLP-3 weight-loss drug retatrutide shows promising results in clinical trial
Retatrutide is among a new class of weight-loss drugs that are being tested for effectiveness
WeatherMarch 20, 2026
Everything about this week’s record-shattering western heat wave is extreme
An astoundingly strong heat wave is not just setting records across the western U.S.—it’s pulverizing them
The UniverseMarch 20, 2026
What’s the most massive star in the universe?
Just how big can a star become? The answer depends on when in cosmic history you’re asking the question
Public HealthMarch 21, 2026
U.K.’s deadly meningitis outbreak shows importance of vaccination
Infectious disease experts say shots against meningococcal meningitis can be lifesaving during an outbreak, but U.S. regulators have attempted to roll back recommendations of such a vaccine for children
AstrophysicsMarch 20, 2026
How accurate is the science in Project Hail Mary?
This science-fiction movie plays with quantum physics, space travel, astrobiology and mass-to-energy conversion
Quantum PhysicsMarch 16, 2026
A 100-year-old theory might explain what’s wrong with quantum mechanics
One physicist is on a mission to get scientists to look into Louis de Broglie’s pilot wave theory
