Walk down the aisles of many grocery stores and you’re liable to see claims about products that are “good for gut health,” from yogurt and kombucha to supplements and even sodas. But despite its ...

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U.S. millennials are rejecting suburbia and moving back to the city. That was a prevailing idea in 2019, when I started as the social sciences reporter at Science News. But when I began digging into a ...

Quantum physics, CRISPR, Bitcoin - if you've ever wondered what any of these words mean, you've come to the right place. Discover the meaning behind the biggest buzzwords, jargon and terminology in ...

The International Astronomical Union defines a planet as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is massive enough that gravity has forced it into a spherical shape, and has cleared away other objects ...

Quantum physics, CRISPR, Bitcoin - if you've ever wondered what any of these words mean, you've come to the right place. Discover the meaning behind the biggest buzzwords, jargon and terminology in ...