The possibility of folding phones being a passing fad is a smart consideration

Folding phones have been one of the first significant form factor changes to smartphones for some time – but Apple has so far resisted ...

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A landmark study tracks the lasting effect of having an abortion — or being denied one

Though it's impossible to know exactly what will happen to abortion access if Roe v. Wade is overturned, demographer Diana Greene Foster does know what happens when someone is denied an abortion. She documented it in her groundbreaking yearslong research project, The Turnaway Study and her findings provide insight into the ways getting an abortion – or being denied one – affects a person's mental health and economic wellbeing.

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Recruitment AI risks discriminating against disabled people

US publishes technical guide to help organizations avoid violating Americans with Disabilities Act

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'Holy cow ... are you kidding me?' Scientists stunned to see plants grow in soil from the moon

Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers. The results stunned them.

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We Just Got Closer to Mapping Nearly Every Single Cell Type in The Human Body

Researchers have created the most comprehensive healthy human cell atlas to date, tracking the placements of over a million cells across 33 organs in a vast joint effort.

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Coronavirus ‘ghosts’ found lingering in the gut

Scientists are studying whether long COVID could be linked to viral fragments found in the body months after initial infection

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Mars just shook more than we have ever seen it shake before

Nasa’s Insight lander has recorded the largest quake ever observed on Mars and any planet other than Earth, a magnitude 5 quake that rumbled the Red Planet on 4 May. While Nasa scientists are still analyzing the data, the results so far were impressive enough to elicit an excited “wow” from Thomas Zurbuchen, assistant administrator of Nasa’s science directorate, who shared the results on Twitter.

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