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Napping helps preschoolers unlock their full potential for learning
Napping reboots the preschool brain and clears the deck for learning.Ingram Publishing via Getty ImagesFor many parents of young children, the highlight of their day is nap time – not for them, but for...
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What's an epidemiologist?
The spread of diseases is akin to a maze of toppling dominoes.dowell/Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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What the phase 1 trials of the first COVID-19 vaccine really mean
Moderna just released the results of a phase 1 trial for a COVID-19 vaccine.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty ImagesEarly morning on May 18, Moderna, a biotechnology company, revealed the preliminary...
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Coronavirus reminds you of death – and amplifies your core values, both bad...
Gustav Klimt's 'Death and Life' suggests the way many people are unaware of death's ever-present influence.Gustav Klimt/WikimediaThere’s nothing like a worldwide pandemic and its incessant media...
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Humanizing the coronavirus as an invisible enemy is human nature
The coronavirus is really just an inanimate packet of genetic material.Carol Yepes/Moment via Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has called the coronavirus an “invisible enemy” that’s “brilliant” and...
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SpaceX reaches for milestone in spaceflight – a private company launches...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A. NASA/Bill IngallsOn May 27, two American...
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Pairing lasers with microwaves makes mind-bogglingly accurate electronic...
Mating laser-driven atomic clocks like the one shown here with microwaves promises more accurate electronic devices.N. Phillips/NISTTime and frequency standards are a key part of technologies we have...
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The coronavirus pandemic moved life online – a surge in website defacing...
Website defacing can shut down businesses that have moved online during the coronavirus pandemic.Siriporn Kaenseeya/EyeEm via Getty ImagesOne consequence of the public’s compliance with social...
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Ethicists: We need more flexible tools for evaluating gene-edited food
What determines whether a genetically modified vegetable or fruit is natural?VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYIs there now a way to genetically engineer crops to create food that people can...
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Half the matter in the universe was missing – we found it hiding in the cosmos
Diligence, technological progress and a little luck have together solved a 20 year mystery of the cosmos.CSIRO/Alex Cherney, CC BY-NDIn the late 1990s, cosmologists made a prediction about how much...
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How Europe's CHEOPS satellite will improve the hunt for exoplanets
Artist's impression of CHEOPS in orbit above Earth. In this view the satellite's telescope cover is closed.ESA / ATG medialabWhile the planet has been on lockdown the last two months, a new space...
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What would it feel like to touch a cloud?
They may look comfy to sit on but you'd plummet through and hit the ground.Sam Schooler/Unsplash, CC BYCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
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Antigen tests for COVID-19 are fast and easy – and could solve the...
Antibodies are incredibly good at finding the coronavirus. Antigen tests put them to work. Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesIn late February, I fell ill with a fever and a cough....
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Robo-umps are coming to Major League Baseball, and the game will never be the...
Will robo-umps make the game of baseball better or worse?AP Photo/Julio CortezThe Houston Astros’ use of cameras to steal signs and conceivably cheat to win the World Series has driven many recent...
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What makes something smell good or bad?
Cookies taste so good. Smell tells us that before we even take a bite. How?Jennifer Pallian/UnsplashCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
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How a new biotech rule will foster distrust with the public and impede...
Does CRISPR really make it easier for all scientists to produce gene edited crops and animals?Maywa Montenegro, CC BY-SAIn May, federal regulators finalized a new biotechnology policy that will bring...
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Clear masks for caregivers mean young children can keep learning from adults'...
Babies love to look at faces for good reason. monzenmachi/E+ via Getty ImagesAs daycare centers and pre-kindergartens begin to reopen around the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Antibody injections could fight COVID-19 infections – an infectious disease...
Antibodies (pink) attacking a virus particle (blue).STEVEN MCDOWELL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYAntibodies are part of us – literally. We have billions of them in our bodies with a combined weight of about...
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Mobile technology may support kids learning to recognize emotions in photos...
Many kids use screens all day long and are adept at reading what they see on them.LWA/Dann Tardif/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The...
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Parasitic worms in your shellfish lead a creepy but popular lifestyle
Parasites do very well for themselves, which is why they are so common in the animal kingdom.Geoffrey Read, CC BYIf you’re an oyster lover, seeing a shaggy worm slither across your appetizer is...
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