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Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Hello and happy new year! I love the first few days of a new year. It evokes a feeling ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Tweaking an exercise routine you’ve done for a while ...

FOR 2026. INTENTION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEDICATION. JUST A FEW WORDS PEOPLE USE TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT TAKES TO STICK TO YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS OR NOT. THAT, OF COURSE, DEPENDS IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY ...

In the spring of 2022, I was 36 years old and jumping up and down in my bathroom, trying to figure out my future. I had ordered a fertility test online that said it would provide fast results with ...