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  1. A photo of a COVID-19 test kit and a person using the test.
    Health & Medicine

    What should we expect from the coronavirus this fall?

    The virus may be reaching a phase of baseline circulation, says epidemiologist Aubree Gordon. But it’s unclear what will happen in the next few months.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  2. An illustration of a woman's profile with music notes and butterflies flying above her head and a squiggly line wrapping around and out the back of her head.
    Neuroscience

    Neuroscientists decoded a Pink Floyd song using people’s brain activity

    The technique could be used to improve devices that allow communication from people unable to speak.

    By Claudia López Lloreda
  3. An illustration of a blue person's colon highlighted in pink with a chunk of brown resting in the colon.
    Health & Medicine

    Why are more people under 50 getting colorectal cancer? Scientists have some clues

    Science News spoke with doctors about their research into early-onset colorectal cancer. Here’s what they’re learning and what questions remain.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. A man sitting in a dark gymnasium with a wet towel draped over his head and upper body.
    Climate

    Extreme heat taxes the body in many ways. Here’s how

    Climate change is bringing longer, humid heat waves and hotter nights. Here's how our bodies try to beat the heat and what happens when they can't.

    By Luis Melecio-Zambrano
  5. Two men, one holding a child, stand with a wildfire burning in the background
    Health & Medicine

    Climate change puts children’s health at risk now and in the future

    Heat waves, wildfires and other climate-related effects on the environment are particularly hard on children’s physical and mental health.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  6. An illustration showing the thymus as an orange ball at the base of a blue person's throat with a blue background.
    Health & Medicine

    The thymus withers away after puberty. But it may be important for adults

    The thymus is considered somewhat unnecessary in adults. But a new study finds that its removal is associated with heightened risks of death and cancer.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  7. A photo of a young American chestnut tree growing in a large field.
    Health & Medicine

    ‘Blight’ warns that a future pandemic could start with a fungus

    ‘The Last of Us’ is fiction, but the health dangers posed by fungi are real, a new book explains.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  8. A photo of a person's hands cupped around a pile of multicolored pills.
    Health & Medicine

    Many sports supplements have no trace of their key ingredients

    A chemical analysis of 57 supplements found that 40 percent had undetectable amounts of key ingredients. Only 11 percent had accurate amounts.

    By Meghan Rosen
  9. An image of fluorescent antibodies light up the nervous system of a dead, transparent mouse, lying on its back with its head to the left. Colors show how deep nerve cells are in the animal, from blue (closest to the camera) to pink to yellow (farthest away).
    Health & Medicine

    With a new body mapping technique, mouse innards glow with exquisite detail

    Removing cholesterol from mouse bodies lets fluorescently labeled proteins infiltrate every tissue, helping researchers to map entire body systems.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús