Anna Funk

People with Li-Fraumeni syndrome are susceptible to developing multiple types of early onset cancer. Researchers are working to find a way to make life easier for these patients.

Beneath any valuable study, you’ll find a web of research, institutions, humans — and, of course, money. Trust in science hinges on the process.

A new subgenre of science fiction leans on the expertise of biologists and ecologists to imagine a scientifically plausible future Earth

Research has found that there are more psychopaths among CEOs than in the average population. What does neuroscience know about their brains?

Biologists are recruiting everyday gardeners to save pollinators, with a little help from a smartphone app.

Promising new research may soon help treat, and one day cure, the chronic disease.

An ancient impactor called Theia hit the Earth to create the moon. New research suggests the rest of that planet may still be inside the Earth.

Cancer may never have a singular cure — but that doesn’t mean experts aren’t optimistic about what’s in store for future patients.

Scientists pair machine learning with developmental biology to create self-assembling cellular bots.

Everything you need to know about the latest research on the causes, triggers, and treatments for migraine headaches.

Walking is good for you, but running might be twice as beneficial. Here’s why.

False memories can be implanted through suggestion. Now, new research suggests they can be reversed too.

We know smoking cigarettes can cause lung cancer. But what about cannabis use?

Plus: Listen to the sound of Perseverance firing its lasers, Is happiness measurable? How one team is redefining joy. An ancient “iron-smelting site” may reveal Earth’s magnetic future. And after Marvel, the Russo brothers rule their own universe.

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Climate change, fires and deforestation create a perfect storm that will destroy the Amazon in about 40 years.

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared 15 species extinct in 2020. Stacker asks: what were they, and what drove them to extinction?

Here's the Top 10 Science Stories You Missed This Year (While You Were Distracted by COVID-19)  Discover Magazine

In 2020, the world looked to science as a new virus spread across the globe, leaving a permanent mark on human health, behavior and nature — and on science itself.