‘Silent’ cells play a surprising role in how brains work
Brain cells named for stars are finally getting their time to shine. Three distinct studies, published May 15 in Science,…
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Should You Take a Vitamin D Supplement?
Vitamin D does a lot for your body, supporting strong bones, muscle movement, your immune system, and more. Taking a…
CDC Stops Recommending COVID-19 Vaccines for Pregnant Women and Children
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women and…
Ministrokes Can Be Just as Dangerous for the Brain as Regular Strokes
Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs needed to go…
Bedbugs may have been one of the first urban pests
The earliest cities may have had plenty of parasitic, six-legged tenants. Common bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) experienced a dramatic jump in…
A Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, a Playground Set, or Healthcare for a Family of 4: What $35,119 Can Buy in 2025 According to Milliman
If you went shopping for something that cost $35,119 in 2025, which would you most value? A new 2025 Toyota…
Humans used whale bones to make tools 20,000 years ago
Western Europeans crafted hunting weapons out of bones from whales stranded on the Atlantic shoreline between 20,000 and 14,000 years…
Should You Take Amino Acid Supplements?
Amino acid supplements have soared in popularity in recent years. Social-media influencers peddle them with promises that they’ll build muscle,…
The first cicada concert was 47 million years ago
The oldest known fossil of a singing cicada reveals that these insects were making music during the Eocene epoch —…
The long and short of science
Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor at NPR and US…