When Do Babies Become Conscious?
uttu Jeffrey Lawson was born prematurely in February 1985. Shortly afterward, the newborn had to undergo heart surgery without…
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Use Summer Break to Build Closer Bonds with Your Children
Kids have so much to manage during the school year. Social pressures, schoolwork and the myriad activities before…
Sexual Synesthesia Paints the World in Color at the Moment of Orgasm
Sometimes, when the sex is really good, the colors come. As Holly approaches orgasm, a pastel filter descends…
Cancer cells steal mitochondria from nerve cells to fuel their spread
A nerve cell (stained green) growing among a cancer cell culture Simon Grelet and Gustavo Ayala Cancer cells…
Trump Administration Ousts National Science Foundation from Headquarters Building
Trump Administration Ousts National Science Foundation from Headquarters Building Employees at the National Science Foundation say they’ve been…
In a first, the Webb telescope found a planet by actually ‘seeing’ it
For the first time ever, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet by directly imaging it.…
Generation Alpha’s coded language makes online bullying hard to detect
Teenagers’ language might make online bullying hard to detect Vitapix/Getty Images Generation Alpha’s internet lingo is mutating faster…
Many U.S. babies may lack gut bacteria that train their immune systems
About three quarters of babies born in the United States may not have enough friendly microbes in their…
How Bird Flu Went from Devastating Poultry Farms to Infecting Dairy Herds
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to part two of our three-part…
Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of death in the US
Bystander CPR training may have contributed to fewer heart attack deaths in the past five decades piyamas dulmunsumphun…