
Ozone Woes
In the atmosphere, ozone acts as both an environmental savior and a toxic intruder. High up in the stratosphere, it shields the planet from the

In the atmosphere, ozone acts as both an environmental savior and a toxic intruder. High up in the stratosphere, it shields the planet from the

When you read the word “pollution,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it the heart-wrenching image of a sea turtle ensnared in

What if a simple blink could reveal how tired you are? In a recent study conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the

Picture the conventional depiction of evolution: an ape walking on four limbs, a hunched hominin, and finally a straight-backed human. While convenient, this linear concept may

Anti-aging creams. Retinols. Cosmetic surgeries. Our society is obsessed with anti-aging regimens that promise to make us appear younger and younger with each passing year.

Spring phenology—the timing of plant life-cycle events like leaf budding and leaf color changes—is a critical indicator of climate change impacts on urban ecosystems. In

In the quest to understand how galaxies evolve, Yale astronomers studied NGC 4858, a “jellyfish galaxy” in the Coma Cluster more than three hundred million

Most microscopes let scientists peer straight into a single cell. The Dragonfly Spectral Line Mapper (DSLM) applies a similar idea on a much larger scale—a

Young adults just aren’t sleeping like they used to, and that’s not the only problem. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are increasing in popularity with our young

Gene editing is often heralded as the future of medicine. CRISPR–Cas9 is revered for its innovative ability to edit DNA. So what’s the catch? Editing

Our visual system is akin to a computer. Along the brain’s inferotemporal (IT) cortex, neural computations transform raw sensory inputs into useful representations of the

The thalamus has long been regarded as a simple relay station, transmitting neural signals from the retina to the cortex to produce image-forming vision. However,