Science

Discoveries Scientists finally explain how lightning forms inside storm clouds

New research explains how electric fields and electrons trigger lightning and gamma rays inside thunderclouds.

Health Positive thinking helps with stress management and can even improve your health Rebecca Shavit

Space Astronomers spot an ‘impossible’ shock wave around a dead star system Joseph Shavit

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

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