WEIRD SCIENCE
Figuring out which PFAS types are accumulating in your body is challenging. Love Employee/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Carrie McDonough, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University Published: 2026 May 29 – Virtually every living thing on Earth, from Patagonian penguins to …
Getting a second opinion has become routine in medicine – and it often boosts patients’ confidence in their care. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Danielle Friedman, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Quinnipiac University Published: 2026 May 28 – Imagine you have …
Bees are crucial pollinators for many crops, as well as producers of honey. Allagash Brewing/Flickr Creative Commons – By Jennie L. Durant, Research Affiliate in Human Ecology, University of California, Davis Published: 2026 May 26 – America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a …
Dynamics within the planet generate its protective magnetic field. ESA/AOES Medialab – By Mike McRae 2026 May 25 – Deep beneath the Pacific near the equator, Earth’s outer core now flows east instead of west. Dynamics deeper within our planet’s core may help explain …
Rice paddies are essential to lives and livelihoods in many parts of Asia. Jingting Zhang – By Hanqin Tian, Director and Institute Professor, Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability, Boston College And by Jingting Zhang, Research Scientist at the Center for …
Each person’s body has a different sweet spot for weight that it tries to maintain. By Kim Pfotenhauer, Assistant Dean for Clerkship Education and Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University Published: 2026 May 22 – For decades, people have been told that …
Losses in workplace productivity account for more than 90% of the estimate. aire images/Moment via Getty Images – By Bruce Y. Lee, Professor of Health Policy and Management, City University of New York And by Hannah Dimmick, Postdoctoral Researcher in Public Health, CUNY Graduate …
Chemicals can have a wide range of effects on the human body. Nata Serenko/Moment via Getty Images – By H. Christopher Frey, Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University Published: 2026 May 20 – For decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has …
Jebel Barkal mesa and the archaeological site at its base in the Nile Valley. Sami Elamin – By Geoff Emberling, Research Scientist in Archaeology, University of Michigan Published: 2026 May 19 – When I first became co-director of an archaeological project at Jebel …
Tarot readings can encourage self-reflection. But what happens when you turn to AI to interpret the cards? Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Sally Hansen – By Ziv Epstein, Postdoctoral Associate, Schwarzman College of Computing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) And by Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, …
