Save The Whales. Save The Tigers. Save The Tapeworms? Scientists say parasites are important parts of ecosystems, but many are at risk of extinction. So, they're calling for a parasite conservation movement. Lauren Sommer
Cutting-Edge Research Shows How Hair Dulls Razor Blades Hair is soft compared with steel, but shaving can dull a razor surprisingly quickly. A new study examines exactly how a strand of hair can chip and crack a sharp blade. Nell Greenfieldboyce
New Research Shows Dinosaurs Suffered From Malignant Cancer, Too For the first time, scientists have identified an aggressive bone cancer in the fibula of a dinosaur that lived 76 to 77 million years ago. Canadian researchers made the diagnosis of osteosarcoma.
Everyone Loves The Chat Box: How Climate Science Moved Online Scientists from around the world are writing the next major United Nations climate report. Summarizing the state of the atmosphere without meeting in person is as hard as it sounds. Rebecca Hersher
Air Quality Disparities Persist Despite Overall Gains A new study finds that the U.S. places with the most polluted air in the 1980s remain the most polluted today. Poor people and people of color are more likely to live in places with dirty air. Rebecca Hersher
Researchers Solve A Question About Stonehenge Megaliths' Origin Scientists found that the outer stones of the prehistoric structure originated about 15 miles away from where the structure stands. Alana Wise
Why We Grow Numb To Staggering Statistics — And What We Can Do About It The growing coronavirus death toll doesn't provoke the same type of emotional response that a plane crash might. It's a coping mechanism and how our neurons are wired, says psychologist Elke Weber. Ailsa Chang
Pandemic Is Overwhelming U.S. Public Health Capacity In Many States. What Now? With the coronavirus spreading out of control in many parts of the U.S., some experts say the strategy of testing and tracing can't contain the pandemic until lockdowns bring case numbers down. Rob Stein
U.S. Disaster Response Scrambles To Protect People From Both Hurricanes And COVID-19 Hotel rooms would be "ideal" for housing an overflow of evacuees from shelters practicing social distancing, but few towns have them lined up in the southeast, where coronavirus infections are raging. Abby Wendle
Coronavirus Infections Far Higher Than Confirmed But Most Americans Still Not Exposed Data from the CDC estimates that roughly 10 times the amount of people have the virus than have been documented. The number is still far below what experts say would be needed for widespread immunity. Jason Slotkin
