May 27, 2026The Ark | Everyday Encounters: A friendship forged through science, family and public health work Science
May 27, 2026Evolutionary Anthropology: “Burn Selection: How Fire Injury Shaped Human Evolution.” A new study argues that over a million years of domestic fire use exposed humans to recurring fire burn injury, driving accelerated genetic evolution in our wound-healing and inflammatory pathways. Science
May 26, 2026A new study published today in iScience suggests that stress experienced by a father before conception may influence an offspring’s growth by altering small molecular signals in sperm. Science
May 26, 2026Voters use left and right political labels as mental shortcuts, not strict policy matches. This mismatch was especially common among people who identified as right-leaning. The data showed that 43% of self-identified right-leaning voters actually supported mostly left-leaning policies. Science
May 26, 2026Chinese medical practitioners used extremely toxic plant as a topical anesthetic 600 years ago, study finds Science
May 26, 2026Jupiter’s Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, may be heating up: The largest moon in the solar system — Jupiter’s Ganymede — has a unique and inexplicable magnetic field. New research could finally explain it: the moon is heating up. Science
May 26, 2026Scuba divers may be beating up coral reefs more than they think | Video analyses of divers show that more than 80 percent of damaging physical contact with the reef is unintended or simply unnoticed Science
