Research

Health Why weight matters more than you think for your lower back

A study of 110,000 adults shows low back pain risk rises with BMI, suggesting healthy weight may help prevent chronic back problems.

Green Impact Your eyes and emotions help shape your sense of temperature, study finds Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Health Silent spinal cord cells may hold the key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease Shy Cohen

Discoveries Why do some sentences stay in your head much longer than others?Rebecca Shavit

Health Experimental drug can sharply reduce amyloid beta’s impact on Alzheimer’s Mac Oliveau

Health Tiny eye implant could restore vision lost to macular degeneration Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers spot a hot galaxy cluster that defies existing cosmic theory Joseph Shavit

Discoveries How ants gave up armor to build some of the largest societies on Earth Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Green Impact Engineers turn waste cardboard into a low-carbon building material Rebecca Shavit

Health New bioluminescent tool lets scientists watch live neural activity for hours Mac Oliveau

Health Breakthrough new drug lowers blood sugar and burns fat without muscle loss Joshua Shavit

Green Impact Tectonic research finds that Earth has six continents not seven Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Why shiny flowers are rare: bee vision reveals a hidden visual trade-off Rebecca Shavit

Health New ‘glue sniffer’ sensor lets scientists watch brain cells talk in real time Joshua Shavit

Space Runaway stars within the Milky Way may reveal dark matter’s hidden structure Joseph Shavit

Health Scientists may have discovered a usable source of electrical power within cells Mac Oliveau

Discoveries Greenland sharks reveal that extreme longevity does not have to mean failing vision Hannah Shavit-Weiner