Autism life expectancy was 64.9 years in a new study of 2 million people, nearly 14 years under the US average. Much of the gap has causes we can prevent.
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AI Was Meant to Lighten Your Workload. For Half of Workers, It Added More
AI workload is rising, not falling: in a survey of 16,000 workers, 52% said AI tools added to their tasks. Here is why the saved time rarely comes back.
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Have We Found Alien Life? What the Experts Actually Said
Have we found alien life? After the 2025 K2-18b and Mars rock claims, hundreds of astrobiologists were polled. The answers were not what the headlines implied.
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Shadrack Byfield: The Soldier Who Buried His Own Arm
Shadrack Byfield buried his own amputated arm in 1814. His lost second memoir, found in Ohio, admits what his first book left out, and why he finally could.
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Lifestyle Changes for Brain Health: One Group Got 38 Meetings, the Other Got 4
Lifestyle changes for brain health worked better with structure and company. A two-year trial in 11 countries found a 55% bigger gain. Here is the catch.
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Frances Tiafoe Grew Up Sleeping in the Tennis Center His Father Cleaned
Frances Tiafoe grew up sleeping on a massage table at the tennis center his father helped build and then cleaned. On Friday he plays for a US Open final.
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Is the Universe Slowing Down? Dark Energy and Isaiah 40
Is the universe slowing down? A 2026 study of over 1,700 supernovae has put dark energy on trial. Isaiah 40 explains why your faith never needed to pick a side.
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80% of Insect Species Live in the Tropics. “Parachute Science” Is Why We Still Don’t Know Them — and in Bangladesh, the Records Were Already on Facebook.
Parachute science leaves tropical insects unstudied by the people living among them. In Bangladesh, nearly every missing butterfly record was on Facebook.
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A Zebrafish Regrows a Cut Spinal Cord. We Build a Wall Instead.
Spinal cord regeneration works in zebrafish and fails in us. A 2026 study found the signal that decides which — and why blocking the swelling early backfires.
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Micro-Awakenings: Your Brain Wakes Up Without You
Micro-awakenings break your sleep repeatedly every night and you remember none of them. A study of 500+ healthy adults found what they track with, and why.