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Dogs are good for you, science says

In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she? 2023 editor's pick.

Advanced sensors and artificial intelligence could have us at the brink of interspecies communication

The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects.

We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the largest bird to ever fly the skies just flew to the top of the list.

The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them

The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat.

The Arctic Permafrost Atlas, which took years to create, is both beautiful and sobering, given the pace of climate change.

Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected

Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help. 

The research focused on figuring out what enables certain sperm to gain some competitive advantage over millions of others fighting for the same prize.

A long-term decline in unsupervised activity may be contributing to mental health declines in children and adolescents.

Three experts break down how misinformation and propaganda spread through conflict and how to debunk it yourself.

Fewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are lack of access and a loss of trust in science to blame?

The choices we make in how we adapt to climate change can sometimes come back to bite us

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.

The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground.

The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota has had nuclear missile silos on its land for decades. Now the U.S. government wants to take the old weapons out and replace them with new ones, and it’s unclear how many living there know about that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 nuclear missiles deployed in underground concrete silos across the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. It took displacement and flood to get them there.

A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.