Your cells are dying. All the time.
Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily.
Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine
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Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how.
Nightly suspended animation, sugary diet, backwards flight, and long migrations help.
Bob Holmes, Knowable Magazine
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Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers
Contaminants can alter plant odors and warp insects’ senses, disrupting the process of pollination.
Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine
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Are you a workaholic? Here’s how to spot the signs
Psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction.
Chris Woolston, Knowable Magazine
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It’s not just us: Other animals change their social habits in old age
Long-term studies reveal what elderly deer, sheep, and macaques are up to in their later years.
Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine
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Animals use physics? Let us count the ways
Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws.
Tom Siegfried, Knowable Magazine
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To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve
The technologies are useful tools but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels.
Natasha Gilbert, Knowable Magazine
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The greening of planes, trains, and automobiles
We need new fuels as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil.
Nicola Jones, Knowable Magazine
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Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife
Scientists are working to understand how the barrier is affecting the area’s biodiversity.
Iván Carrillo, Knowable Magazine
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Radioactive drugs strike cancer with precision
Tumor-seeking radiopharmaceuticals promise targeted treatments with fewer side effects.
Elie Dolgin, Knowable Magazine
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Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming
New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way.
Bob Holmes, Knowable Magazine
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A scientific mission to save the sharks
Despite protection measures, these fish are among the most endangered animals.
Angela Posada-Swafford, Knowable Magazine
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To pee or not to pee? That is a question for the bladder—and the brain
The basic urge to pee is surprisingly complex and can go awry as we age.
Emily Underwood, Knowable Magazine
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The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US
Researchers are working to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
Hannah Hoag, Knowable Magazine
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The wasps that tamed viruses
Some insects have transformed wild viruses into tiny biological weapons.
Nala Rogers, Knowable Magazine
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Swimming and spinning aquatic spiders use slick survival strategies
Some make nests inside seashells, others tote bubbles of air on their backs.
Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine
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Why do some people always get lost?
Experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to sense of direction.
Bob Holmes, Knowable Magazine
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How new tech is making geothermal energy a more versatile power source
Geothermal has moved beyond being confined to areas with volcanic activity.
Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine
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Why are there so many species of beetles?
Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree.
Leslie Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine
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A big boost to Europe’s climate-change goals
A new policy called CBAM will assist Europe's ambition to become carbon-neutral.
Elise Hansen, Knowable Magazine
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A new look at our linguistic roots
A controversial analytic technique offers new answers for Indo-European languages.
Kurt Kleiner, Knowable Magazine
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Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets
Two celestial interlopers in Solar System have scientists eagerly anticipating more.
Theo Nicitopoulos, Knowable Magazine
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Why scientists are making transparent wood
The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more.
Jude Coleman, Knowable Magazine
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Where the heck did all those structures inside complex cells come from?
There are competing theories about the origin of the nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum.
Viviane Callier, Knowable Magazine
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The quest to understand tornadoes
Scientists hope technology furthers their understanding of how and why tornadoes form.
Carolyn Wilke, Knowable Magazine
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What would signal life on another planet?
The James Webb Space Telescope may help us find the answer.
Elise Cutts, Knowable Magazine
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How climate change could make fungal diseases worse
Disease-causing fungi are likely to thrive in a warmer, stormier world.
Shreya Dasgupta, Knowable Magazine
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What can we do about ultraprocessed foods?
Researchers are figuring out the features of these foods that harm our health.
Alice Callahan, Knowable Magazine
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A look into the REM dreams of the animal kingdom
Animals' "active" sleep phases look very much like REM.
Carolyn Wilke, Knowable Magazine
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Why we desperately need wild bees
Native pollinators are crucial for both ecology and agriculture.
Ula Chrobak, Knowable Magazine
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Could there be upsides to being a psychopath?
It may be that all of us have a little psychopathology inside—with some positives.
David Adam, Knowable Magazine
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Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with a surprising earthly analog
Ultracold gases in the lab could help scientists better understand the universe.
Katie McCormick
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Clever DNA tricks
As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes only once or chaos will ensue.
Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine
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A shocking number of birds are in trouble
We know better than ever how to help endangered birds, with notable conservation successes.
Emily Sohn, Knowable Magazine
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The neurons that make you feel hangry
Brain area that stimulates appetite could be a target for eating-disorder therapies.
Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine
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The challenges and promises of climate lawsuits
Suing governments and fossil fuel companies is a key tool in the climate change battle.
Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine
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