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Why Do We Dream? The Science Behind What Happens When You Sleep
Your brain uses sleep to file memories, rehearse threats, and process emotions. Here's what neuroscience reveals about why we dream and how your overnight mind does its quiet, essential work.
Health & MedicineThe Masticator's Edge: How Chewing May Help Protect Your Brain
Research links mastication to hippocampal health, neurogenesis, and reduced Alzheimer's risk. Your jaw may be one of the most underappreciated cognitive organs you have.
Health & MedicineWhy the Andes Virus Outbreak on the MV Hondius Is Different From Typical Hantavirus Cases
A cruise ship in the Atlantic became the site of an unprecedented outbreak. Here is what makes it different from every other hantavirus case in history.
Health & MedicineCortisol Monitoring: The Wearable Stress Hormone Tech Taking Over 2026
Discover how your wristband could soon measure cortisol directly from sweat, ending the era of indirect stress proxies and giving you the hormone data your body actually produces.
Health & MedicinePMDD: The Severe Period-Related Mood Disorder That Affects 1 Million Women — and the New Tool That Could Help Doctors Spot It
PMDD affects up to 8% of menstruating women with severe, cyclical mood symptoms—but it’s real, biological, and treatable. Here’s what to know.
Beauty & GroomingPistachio Perfume: The Chemistry and Culture Behind Fragrance Hottest Note of 2026
Pistachio perfume has overtaken vanilla as 2026's signature scent. Here's why the nutty, creamy note became fragrance's most coveted ingredient.
Science & NatureA Simple Blood Test May Soon Detect Depression by Measuring How Fast Your Immune Cells Age
A new blood test measures how quickly immune cells age—and it could change how depression is detected and treated.
Health & MedicineCreatine Gummies: Do They Work as Well as Powder?
Creatine gummies promise better taste and easier dosing—but do they match powder for results? Here's the science on absorption, dosing, and effectiveness.
Science & NatureThe AI Scientist Is Real: What Sakana AI Peer-Reviewed Nature Paper Means for Future of Science
An AI system generated research papers for $15, passed peer review, and landed in Nature. Priya Nair explores what the Sakana AI breakthrough really means for the future of science.
Environment & ClimateYou're Breathing Plastic: What New Research Says About Microplastics in City Air
You breathe in plastic every day, especially in cities. New research reveals the dominant source isn't bottles or bags—it's your tires. Here's what city dwellers need to know.
Dante's Inferno May Have Been a Forgettable Asteroid Impact Story All Along
Timothy Burbury proposes that Dante modeled the physics of a catastrophic asteroid strike centuries before science accepted that rocks could fall from the sky.
Transport & InfrastructureThe Blue Zone Diet: Does the Science Actually Back It Up?
Blue Zones have been sold as the secret to living past 100. But the demographics are contested, the diet is mostly conventional advice repackaged, and some of the original longevity hotspots are fading. Here is what the science actually says.