In President's Trump's tangled science policies, experts see a unifying thread

Heading into the second year of Trump 2.0, when it comes to science, some argue Trump has no consistent ideology for decision ...

Autism: myth-busting and what scientists still don't know

Autism has a long history of misinformation that continues to today. The Trump administration has perpetuated some of this misinformation in the last year. Among other things, officials have claimed ...

The week in science: Ice, parents' disgust and penguins adapting to climate change

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the mysterious structure of ice, parents' heightened tolerance for disgust, and how penguins are adapting to climate change.
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The evolutionary history of kissing, moss in space, and the origins of the moon

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon. It is ...
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Experts met to discuss the ethics of using organoids in research

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self. Research on ...