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Health

Social Activity Is Key to Brain Health

What if the key to brain health was as simple as playing bingo with friends? Scientists discover how social activity helps prevent dementia.

Superbugs have evolved to resist existing antimicrobial treatments, but new research into oysters may lead us to better antibiotics.

Polar bears struggle to have enough energy to survive because melting sea ice makes it harder to find food.

Health

Alzheimer’s disease prevention may be a few workouts away, as new research hones in on how exercise affects brain health.

Ecology

This invasive species threatens agriculture but perhaps for not much longer, as trained dogs can detect their eggs in vineyards and forests.

In a new study by MIT and Caltech, a nanoparticle vaccine could protect against SARS-CoV-2 variants and similar animal-borne coronaviruses.

Engineering

If we tear down concrete buildings, can the material be reused? Read on to find out why recycling concrete is not so easy.

What is SuperbOwl Sunday? A great time to get involved in citizen science with this roundup of great data collection projects!

It’s cold outside! Stay in with some fun citizen science projects you can do from your living room.

Structural sexism is linked to women’s higher rates of Alzheimer’s, among other negative health outcomes identified in recent study.