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Plants & Animals Feb 8, 2023

The end of an era: The long, lonely days of Mount Madonna's last white deer

Hidden in the redwoods above Watsonville, California, a shy and ghostly beauty once drew crowds but is now destined to live, and die, alone.

Social Sciences Jan 25, 2023

Why loneliness is both an individual thing and a shared result of the cities we create

If you're feeling lonely, you're not alone. Loneliness is an increasingly common experience, and it can have severe consequences. People who feel lonely are at higher risk of serious health issues, including heart disease, ...

Social Sciences Jan 4, 2023

Your style of social media use may be connected to your well-being

Are you a doom scroller or a Twitter addict? Do you pass the time by flicking endlessly through others' posts on social networking sites, or perhaps you use these platforms to share your own content? Psychologists believe ...

Plants & Animals Dec 13, 2022

Moon, a doomed humpback whale with a broken spine, travels 3,000 miles doing breaststroke

In "considerable pain," a determined humpback whale tracked by researchers for more than a decade, recently finished swimming more than 3,000 miles from Canada to Hawaii—all with a broken spine.

Astronomy Dec 11, 2022

Webb telescope spies hidden stars in stellar graveyard

It was one of the first famous images revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope earlier this year: a stunning shroud of gas and dust illuminated by a dying star at its heart.

Environment Nov 14, 2022

Subarctic boreal forest, vital for the planet, is at risk

It burns, it drifts, it falls victim to insects. And it's shrinking.

Ecology Sep 29, 2022

Receding ice leaves Canada's polar bears at rising risk

Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage.

Plants & Animals Sep 28, 2022

Sex and power in the animal kingdom: Seven animals that will make you reconsider what you think you know

It's easy to assume all animals have a neat dividing line between the sexes because the differences in appearance between males and females can be so striking. But the more scientists learn about wildlife, the clearer it ...

Social Sciences Sep 7, 2022

Digital nomads want to replace the nation state—is there a darker side to this quest for global freedom?

A 'network state' is ideologically aligned but geographically decentralized. The people are spread around the world in clusters of varying size, but their hearts are in one place.

Social Sciences Jul 27, 2022

Four research-backed ways to find moments of connection with loved ones and strangers

A woman and her fiancé joke and laugh together while playing video games after a long day.

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