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Date Title & Description Contributors
2025-02-20

  Why's that fish looking at me?

An experiment off the coast of Corsica suggests fish can recognize specific people (sometimes). Also, put a dot in front a zebrafish and, amazingly, you'll be a step closer to understanding the concept of free will.
  DW author
2025-02-13

  What exactly is 'the ick'?

A new study has categorized the (wildly different) stuff that makes men and women get instantly and permanently disgusted by a romantic partner. And it's not always the 'icky' person's fault.
  DW author
2025-02-06

  Eggs, AI & how to get people to have babies

Why are birth rates falling? And do they ever go back up? Also, a study on eggs โ€” and an email about two horses peeing.
  DW author
2025-01-30

  Should I give up on climate change?

With the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement... and its president chanting "Drill, baby, drill!"... it is absolutely fair to ask if your own personal climate footprint even matters anymore.
  DW author
2025-01-17

  Is news bad for me? Science has an answer.

Trump, pandemic, war... more Trump. If you're feeling overwhelmed by the news (or feeling burned out) โ€” you may be consuming it wrong.
  DW author
2025-01-09

  The end of social media fact checking?

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X โ€” across platforms, fact checkers are being fired and replaced with... well, promises that regular people can do the job instead. They can't.
  DW author
2025-01-05

  Bird flu 2025 - Spread, symptoms, risk

The words 'next pandemic' are being thrown around by more and more experts watching the spread of avian influenza in North America. Why?
  DW author
2024-12-19

  Crime & punishment in a "dangerous" world

Just how dangerous do you think the world is? Because that changes how you'd punish a violent criminal (if you're a woman). Also, if you're frustrated with your democratically elected government... what alternatives are you open to?
  DW author
2024-12-13

  What is FOMO? (And how do I get rid of it?)

You know that stab of anxious envy when you see people having a good time (without you)? You can get rid of that. Also, Gabe and Conor are back โ€” with an unfortunate story about a random act of violence.
  DW author
2024-12-06

  Science unscripted: Is another pandemic brewing? The current bird flu situation

Nations are buying H5N1 bird flu vaccines amid the spread of the virus among livestock in the US. At least two children in North America have contracted the disease from unknown sources. How serious is the situation?
  DW author