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A mysterious and often debated aspect of human sexuality colloquially known as “squirting” sparks controversy. This episode explores what research reveals.

The Trump Administration has fired four leaders and thousands of employees at the National Institutes of Health in “one of the darkest days”

The privately funded Fram2 mission is the first ever to take astronauts into polar orbit—and the latest sign of a “new normal” for human spaceflight

The National Institutes of Health said it pulled the policy because of language on diversity and inclusion, in line with directives from the Trump administration

Trump administration plans to destroy EPA science will leave the air we breathe and the water we drink more polluted

Children ages four to seven demonstrate natural fact-checking skills when put to a test with zebras and space aliens

By burying an assessment with updates and recommendations about the U.S.’s current measles outbreaks, the CDC has signaled an alarming shift in its public messaging

Fram2, a first-of-its-kind private mission to send four astronauts into polar orbit around Earth, is about to launch

Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement’s 2 degree C goal and are examining how to maintain profits

Women shoulder most of the work in managing a family and tell us it’s exhausting, but some also say it has benefits

Despite fears that speaking out will make them targets, top researchers warn that the Trump administration’s “wholesale assault on U.S. science” will harm the nation

There are real, physiological reasons why the same temperature feels different in April and October

Intermittent fasting has gained a following, in part because of tantalizing hints that it can boost cognition, fend off cancer and even slow aging

A “Goldilocks” measure of green space might help stave off dementia, but an excess could lead to cognitive decline

Cuts to federal health and science agencies continue. Plus, we discuss the sounds of sharks, the meaning of Martian molecules and one big dino claw.

Researchers put forward a comprehensive model outlining the conditions that may give rise to the vivid mental phenomena that some people experience as they near death

Studies on COVID, climate change and South Africa are on the latest list of terminated grants by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, according to updated documents obtained by Nature

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings built to withstand temblors

Climate experts whose research is funded by federal grants hide, whisper and wait for their jobs to disappear

New data released by the EPA show that nearly half of people in the U.S. have drinking water contaminated by toxic “forever chemicals,” or PFAS