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Environment

Smarter Flood Maps Could Change How We Prepare For Disasters

In the eastern state of Bihar lies the Kosi Megafan, sometimes called the “Sorrow of Bihar.” This giant, fan-shaped floodplain has been built up over thousands of years by the Kosi River, which spills out of the Himalayas. Unlike calmer rivers, the Kosi is restless—it frequently jumps course, breaking embankments and carving new channels. Entire […]

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Biology

Dreaming Under Anesthesia

Do you stop being conscious when you’re put under anesthesia? For decades, many assumed the answer was yes. But new research from the University of Oslo suggests something more complicated: patients often continue dreaming even in deep sedation—yet our best brain-based tests of consciousness can’t tell the difference. From “Lights Out” to Dream Reports When […]

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Biology

How Tiny Worms Could Improve Decision Science

Picture a worm crawling across a plate dotted with food. You’d expect it to stop at the first bite, right? Yet in a surprising twist, Caenorhabditis elegans—a millimeter-long nematode with just 302 neurons—often walks right past its dinner. Why? Because even worms run complex “accept–reject” strategies when making decisions. Everyday Choices, Worm-Sized Lessons In Nigeria, […]

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News

Next Week in Science, September 26, 2025

Look, we’ve been super depressed recently. Who can blame us? I know my anxiety has been off the roof for the last 6ish weeks. But, we have some really good news. We’re headed back to the moon. NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is gearing up to make history as the first crewed lunar flight in over […]

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Psychology

When Cooperation Gets Complicated

Why do we help others when it costs us something? For decades, scientists answered this with a simple formula: altruism evolves when the benefit to others, weighted by relatedness, is greater than the cost to the helper. This neat rule, called Hamilton’s rule, became one of biology’s most famous equations. But new work shows the […]

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Biology

What Happens When Elephants Face Stress

Across Asia, elephants are losing ground. Since the 1700s, farming and cities have eaten away 64% of their habitat. But here’s the twist: elephants aren’t just changing where they walk or what they eat: they’re changing inside. New research shows their bodies respond in striking ways to human-altered landscapes. When the Forest Turns Into Fields […]

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News

Next Week in Science, September 19, 2025

I don’t know, just dialing this one in. I really like this recent article we wrote about drumming. It’s a fun thing to learn about different rhythms and grooves. Here’s what’s in the research. And here’s what’s in the news. Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity The study uses the IUCN’s […]

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Biology

How Food Fortification Could Improve Children’s Health

Every year, millions of children in India face preventable blindness, weak bones, and even early death—not because medicine doesn’t exist, but because key vitamins are missing from their diets. A new study suggests that a surprisingly simple change, fortifying everyday oil and milk, could save over a million healthy years of life. The Everyday Problem […]

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Environment

Cutting Emissions Could Save 14,000 Lives a Year

Carbon credits are back in the news, thanks to the role they play in this amazing reporting by Pablo Torre. The story itself is crazy, and the role carbon offsets play is only tangential. Yet, it got my thinking about the recent research on this topic. A third of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come […]

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Biology

Can Drum Machines Sound Human?

So I’m into drummers. I’ve got my favorites. One who kind of flies under the radar is Jeff Porcaro, the drummer for Toto, but an extremely accomplished session musician. As Wikipedia quotes, his drumming pretty much defined late-70s and 80s pop. In 1982, Michael McDonald released I Keep Forgettin’. The track is smooth, soulful, and […]

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