COVID-19 Two Years On: Episode 9 of The Deep Dive
It was a moment that most people won’t forget any time soon: just over two years ago, the COVID-19 virus was declared a pandemic. But when will it all end?
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A Nineteenth-Century Pandemic May Be a Window into Coronaviruses
Experts have turned back the clock to see what the Russian flu and other epidemics can teach us
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Take Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybin can treat depression, alcoholism, PTSD, and even cluster headaches. Why is it still illegal?
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The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?
You might consider them flying rats, but their odysseys stump scientists
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Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts
Smell is often dismissed as the least important sense. But it’s the funk that draws us together
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Same Vaccine, Different Effects: Why Women Are Feeling Worse after the Jab
For decades, researchers have been conducting flawed clinical trials. The COVID-19 vaccine was no different
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Affected Development: Will Kids Ever Recover from Isolation?
For many children, our panicked pandemic lives are the only lives they’ve ever known
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What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?
The human brain, in all its complexity, is nearly impossible to model. One neuroscientist is trying anyway
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If a Tree Talks in the Forest, Does It Make a Sound?
Ecologist Suzanne Simard uncovers the hidden connections beneath the forest floor
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Blah Blah Blah: The Lack of Small Talk Is Breaking Our Brains
Chit-chat is often dismissed as mindless and boring. But its absence over the past year is affecting you more than you think
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