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The psychedelic drug psilocybin briefly erases people’s neural fingerprints, the baseline brain activity unique to an individual. Some of the biggest changes occur in an area called the default mode ...

19. The largest known prime number contains 41,024,320 digits. 20. Frogs breathe and drink through their skin. 21. A bullet ...

Research by philosopher of science and Honorary Research Associate at Bangor University, Byron Hyde, looked at the role of transparency in fostering public trust in science. Hyde argues that, to find ...

Carly Kay is the Fall 2025 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in science ...

Health Care Providers Are Dropping a Common Anesthesia Drug That’s Also a Climate Super Pollutant Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida To Save An Endangered ...

If you’re reading this, you’re probably a regular consumer of the news, so you know that for many, the reality of doing science in the US has been changing rapidly since the new US administration ...