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'When people gather in groups, bizarre behaviors often emerge': How the rise of online social networks has catapulted dysfunctional thinking
Opinion The pervasive spread of misinformation can be tracked to cognitive limitations, social influence and the global spread of online networks. Combatting it has become an "arms race" between truth and lies.
TRAPPIST-1e might have an atmosphere, JWST hints
Scientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an important step toward finding a habitable world outside our solar system.
'Your fear is well-founded': How human activities have raised the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme
Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.
How the surface you exercise on might increase your risk of cramps
Opinion Despite good hydration and nutrition, many athletes across sports still suffer from unexpected cramps. The courts and fields they're playing on may be the missing link.
'Serious adverse and unintended consequences': Polar geoengineering isn't the answer to climate change
Opinion The plans could also unintentionally harm fragile polar ecosystems.
RFK Jr. wants to overhaul the country's 'vaccine court.' Here's what stands in his way.
Opinion The 40-year-old "vaccine court" relies on scientific evidence to determine whether a person experienced harm from a routine vaccination.
Scientific objectivity is a myth — here's why
Opinion Cultural ideas are inextricably entwined with the people who do science, the questions they ask, the assumptions they hold and the conclusions they land on.
Unpacking RFK Jr.'s (many) false claims about COVID vaccines
Opinion Chaos at the CDC and the sharp move away from mRNA vaccines has public health experts alarmed.
