Stories by Jackie Flynn Mogensen

Wemby’s height gives him an advantage in blocking and rebounding, but how does the tallest player in the NBA keep hitting all those threes?

A new study could help identify promising treatments to extend the human lifespan, researchers say

Western Europe is essentially trapped in the weather equivalent of a Dutch oven, a situation that one scientist said has “the fingerprints of climate change all over it”

Thick and creamy, gloopy or spray-on, sunscreen can be confounding. This science-backed guide can help you get ready for summer

Constructed by ancient Egyptians, the Great Pyramid has survived multiple earthquakes through the ages—now researchers think they know why

This year’s expected El Niño could hamper hurricanes in the Atlantic but boost them in the central and eastern Pacific

A deadly Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa is raising international alarm. Still, experts stress that the chance of a pandemic is low

Some extinct human ancestors and modern-day apes appear to share wrist traits that raise the question of whether our last common ancestor walked on its knuckles

Researchers discovered the copy of the 1,300-year-old poem lurking inside a historical text in an Italian library

The long-tailed pygmy rice rat is the primary host for Andes virus, the type of hantavirus responsible for sickening passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship

The nation’s top court extended a stay on a lower court order banning telemedicine access to mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions—but the order sets up a longer legal fight

The El Niño climate event is due to return this year, with U.S. forecasters predicting an 82 percent chance of it coming in May through July and a 96 percent chance for it doing so in December through February 2027

In a “breakthrough,” researchers demonstrate how engineered bacteria held in a jellylike container could help fight infection in mice

A survey found that more than 60 percent of respondents “strongly support” making psychedelics easier to study, reflecting a growing consensus that some could have therapeutic use

With millions of people now using GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound, scientists are racing to find ways to help people retain their weight loss after they stop taking the medication

For the last 1.7 million years, China’s Yangtze River has been stealing water from the Yellow River, new research shows

Researchers who study political violence say that the U.S. is in a period of more intense political rhetoric, but there have been far darker periods in the nation’s history

The practice of “cloacal diving” could help remoras hide from predators—it could also be a feeding strategy or help the fish hitchhike

Here are some of the most fascinating facts about animal moms, from naked mole rats to giraffes and octopuses

A new KFF poll found that voters aligned with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement consider the cost of health care as their top policy priority

Scientists gave people a “heroic” dose of psilocybin and then looked at their brain. Here’s what happened

Scientists are trying to decode why humpback whales can be observed hanging around with their mouth open, with no apparent explanation

Tiny plastic particles drifting in Earth’s atmosphere could have a significant warming effect, a new study finds

Marijuana is far from a “silver bullet” for various illnesses, but it has some promising applications, scientists say