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The Doctor behind the Commander in Chief

The Doctor behind the Commander in Chief

Chris Hadfield’s Fictional Universe Is Rooted in Real Space History

Enceladus’s Alien Ocean, Ancient Fungi and the Flavor of Influenza

Enter One of the World’s Quietest Rooms

What’s Driving Experts Away from the CDC?

Tylenol and Autism, a Shark Threesome and a Typhoon

The Dead Composer Whose ‘Brain’ Still Makes Music

Mary Roach on the Science of Swapping Human Parts

Vaccine Shakeups, Brain Injury Warnings and Boozy Chimps

Algorithmic Social Media Is Driving New Slang

The Role Our Microbiome Plays In Our ‘Gut Feelings’

Kissing Bugs, Koalas and Clues to Life on Mars

Unpacking the Brain’s Role in Inventing Your Perception

How a Tick Bite Can Make You Allergic to Meat

Marsquakes, Vaccine Politics and Mammoth Microbiomes

Inside the Turmoil at the CDC

Hurricane Forecasting 101

Katrina Was Predicted: Revisiting Warning Signs 20 Years Later

The Deep Sea’s Mysterious Oxygen Source

Science’s Greatest 180s

Could Peanut Allergies Be Cured?

Nature’s Sexual Spectrum Breaks the Binary

Chikungunya Outbreak, Glacial Outbursts and a New Human Ancestor

Dinner with King Tut Explores the Wild World of Experimental Archaeology

Living Longer, Aging Smarter [Sponsored]

Condoms and Vasectomies Aren’t Enough—Is a Male Birth Control Pill Next?

Cosmic Discoveries Soar as Earthly Health Decisions Stir Alarm

Climate Science Gets a Seat in Congress with Eric Sorensen

Former NASA Leaders Are Sounding the Alarm on Budget Cuts

Russia’s Earthquake, Wonders of Walking and Surprising Plant Genetics

Is AI Conscious? Claude 4 Raises the Question

Your Guide to Summer’s Extreme Weather, from Corn Sweat to Flash Floods

Summer Meteor Showers, Short Summer Days and Ancient Arthropods

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is at Risk—And So Are We

What to Read on the Beach This Summer

Time Travel to Tide Pool 101 from Our July 1925 Issue

Dungeons and Dragons’ Popularity Grows—And Science Follows

The LIGO Lab Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gravitational-Wave Research

This Surgery Can Lead to Weight Loss—But Stigma Is Harder to Shake Off

Why Do We Sing? Musicologists and Neuroscientists Seek an Answer

What Does an Ailing Coral Reef Sound Like?

An Astronaut Shares His Passion for Space Photography—Live, from the ISS Cupola

Move Over Fireworks—Drone Shows Are Taking to the Skies

Talking to the Host of Drilled about the Legal Battles around Standing Rock

How to Fight Bird Flu If It Becomes the Next Human Pandemic (Part 3)

Bird Flu’s Jump to Cattle Took Dairy Farmers by Surprise (Part 2)

How Bird Flu Went from an Isolated Avian Illness to a Human Pandemic Threat (Part 1)

What No One Tells You about Testosterone Replacement Therapy

Why Your Gut Loves a Good Workout

CDC Vaccine Panel Fired by RFK, Jr., Oceans Grow More Acidic, and Pangolins Threatened by Hunting