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Many brightly colored frogs and salamanders have enough toxins in their skin to kill multiple people. How do they survive their own noxious weapons?
✍️ Geoffrey Giller
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✍️ Geoffrey Giller
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Mysteries of the poisonous amphibians
Many brightly colored frogs and salamanders have enough toxins in their skin to kill multiple people. How do they survive their own noxious weapons?
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January 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Many brightly colored frogs and salamanders have enough toxins in their skin to kill multiple people. How do they survive their own noxious weapons?
✍️ Geoffrey Giller
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✍️ Geoffrey Giller
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January 19, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.
✍️ Emily Underwood
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✍️ Emily Underwood
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Teens can have excellent executive function — just not all the time
Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.
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January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.
✍️ Emily Underwood
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✍️ Emily Underwood
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TONIGHT: Curious about how science comics are made? Then we have the livestream for you! Hear from Knowable contributor Amber Dance & artist @makinaro.com, who are joining @nerduino.space to discuss multimedia in science communication
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January 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
TONIGHT: Curious about how science comics are made? Then we have the livestream for you! Hear from Knowable contributor Amber Dance & artist @makinaro.com, who are joining @nerduino.space to discuss multimedia in science communication
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Genetic conditions like Dravet syndrome, which causes severe childhood epilepsy, are hard to tackle with traditional gene therapy. New approaches in the works include using antisense therapy to boost mRNA splicing.
✍️ Elie Dolgin
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✍️ Elie Dolgin
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Hope for haploinsufficiency diseases
Genetic conditions like Dravet syndrome, which causes severe childhood epilepsy, are hard to tackle with traditional gene therapy. New approaches in the works include using antisense therapy to boost…
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January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Genetic conditions like Dravet syndrome, which causes severe childhood epilepsy, are hard to tackle with traditional gene therapy. New approaches in the works include using antisense therapy to boost mRNA splicing.
✍️ Elie Dolgin
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✍️ Elie Dolgin
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Thanks to readers like you, Knowable Magazine is going to reach more curious minds this year: Together, we raised over $25,000 and welcomed more than 120 new donors to the Knowable and Annual Reviews community in our end-of-year campaign.
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Thanks to readers like you, Knowable Magazine is going to reach more curious minds this year: Together, we raised over $25,000 and welcomed more than 120 new donors to the Knowable and Annual Reviews community in our end-of-year campaign.
Higher levels of carbon dioxide are changing micronutrients in grasses, trees and even kelp. What does that mean for animals higher up the food chain?
✍️ Amber Dance
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✍️ Amber Dance
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A warmer planet, less nutritious plants and … fewer grasshoppers?
Higher levels of carbon dioxide are changing micronutrients in grasses, trees and even kelp. What does that mean for animals higher up the food chain?
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January 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Higher levels of carbon dioxide are changing micronutrients in grasses, trees and even kelp. What does that mean for animals higher up the food chain?
✍️ Amber Dance
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✍️ Amber Dance
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@knowablemag.bsky.social on how champagne gets its bubbles
@defector.com on Rob Reiner's legacy
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Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.
✍️ Amber Dance
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✍️ Amber Dance
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Amyloidosis: Beyond Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.
✍️ Amber Dance
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✍️ Amber Dance
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Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses.
✍️ Katarina Zimmer
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✍️ Katarina Zimmer
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Beating back the Aedes aegypti mosquito
Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses
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January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses.
✍️ Katarina Zimmer
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✍️ Katarina Zimmer
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Scientists are learning more about this leading complication of childbirth. Treatments are improving and doctors can test for biological markers that flag heightened risk. @knowablemag.bsky.social vist.ly/4mkzr
Postpartum Depression: Better Remedies, and Now a Predictive Blood Test
Scientists are learning more about this leading complication of childbirth. Treatments are improving and doctors can test for biological markers that flag heightened risk.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Scientists are learning more about this leading complication of childbirth. Treatments are improving and doctors can test for biological markers that flag heightened risk. @knowablemag.bsky.social vist.ly/4mkzr
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Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
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Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
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The psychopathic path to success
Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
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Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
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Las tendencias psicopáticas pueden estar presentes en todos nosotros en cierta medida. Nuevas investigaciones están replanteando este conjunto de rasgos, a menudo vistos de forma sensacionalista y negativa, y encontrando algunos giros positivos.
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El camino psicopático hacia el éxito
Las tendencias psicopáticas pueden estar presentes en todos nosotros en cierta medida. Nuevas investigaciones están replanteando este conjunto de rasgos, a menudo vistos de forma sensacionalista y…
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January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Las tendencias psicopáticas pueden estar presentes en todos nosotros en cierta medida. Nuevas investigaciones están replanteando este conjunto de rasgos, a menudo vistos de forma sensacionalista y negativa, y encontrando algunos giros positivos.
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Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.
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Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.
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Saliva: The next frontier in cancer detection
Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer
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January 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.
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Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.
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Científicos están encontrando señales tumorales en la saliva que pueden ser la clave para desarrollar pruebas de diagnóstico de diversos tipos de cáncer.
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Saliva: la próxima frontera en la detección del cáncer
Científicos están encontrando señales tumorales en la saliva que pueden ser la clave para desarrollar pruebas de diagnóstico de diversos tipos de cáncer.
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January 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Científicos están encontrando señales tumorales en la saliva que pueden ser la clave para desarrollar pruebas de diagnóstico de diversos tipos de cáncer.
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In a year of funding chaos, ongoing climate change and pollution perils, we also saw the most powerful telescope yet, personalised gene therapy, and the next-best-thing to an HIV vaccine — not to mention a brand-new colour.
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
In a year of funding chaos, ongoing climate change and pollution perils, we also saw the most powerful telescope yet, personalised gene therapy, and the next-best-thing to an HIV vaccine — not to mention a brand-new colour.
#COMIC 🎨 Male cells must survive twisty passages, strong currents and immune attacks; millions enter, but only one can finish
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Journey to the egg: How sperm navigate the path to fertilization
COMIC: Male cells must survive twisty passages, strong currents and immune attacks; millions enter, but only one can finish
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January 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
#COMIC 🎨 Male cells must survive twisty passages, strong currents and immune attacks; millions enter, but only one can finish
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Scientists are discovering that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways — driving heavy, deadly rainfall and flooding. ✍️ Clare Watson
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January 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Scientists are discovering that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways — driving heavy, deadly rainfall and flooding. ✍️ Clare Watson
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A push to move away from petroleum products — plus the perception that natural is gentler — has scientists lathering up new ingredients, from wood and fungus extracts to engineered proteins.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
A push to move away from petroleum products — plus the perception that natural is gentler — has scientists lathering up new ingredients, from wood and fungus extracts to engineered proteins.
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Scientists discover that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways.
📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
When clouds flock together
Scientists discover that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Scientists discover that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways.
📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.
Not enough fish in the sea
The scientist who found a way to tally up global catches is an ocean advocate and a vocal critic of industrial fisheries. Now we have a treaty for the high seas — but does it go far enough?
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The scientist who found a way to tally up global catches is an ocean advocate and a vocal critic of industrial fisheries. Now we have a treaty for the high seas — but does it go far enough?
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January 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Not enough fish in the sea
The scientist who found a way to tally up global catches is an ocean advocate and a vocal critic of industrial fisheries. Now we have a treaty for the high seas — but does it go far enough?
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The scientist who found a way to tally up global catches is an ocean advocate and a vocal critic of industrial fisheries. Now we have a treaty for the high seas — but does it go far enough?
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Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle — especially if we’re reaching for ultraprocessed instead of high-fiber whole foods
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Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle — especially if we’re reaching for ultraprocessed instead of high-fiber whole foods
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Like hungry locusts, humans can easily be tricked into overeating
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle — especially if we’re reaching for ultraprocessed instead of high-fiber whole foods
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January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle — especially if we’re reaching for ultraprocessed instead of high-fiber whole foods
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Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle — especially if we’re reaching for ultraprocessed instead of high-fiber whole foods
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Si no hemos ingerido suficientes proteínas, el cuerpo nos pide más comida, lo que puede crear un círculo vicioso, sobre todo si buscamos alimentos ultraprocesados en lugar de alimentos integrales ricos en fibra.
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Al igual que las langostas hambrientas, los humanos pueden ser engañados para comer en exceso
Si no hemos ingerido suficientes proteínas, el cuerpo nos pide más comida, lo que puede crear un círculo vicioso, sobre todo si buscamos alimentos ultraprocesados en lugar de alimentos integrales…
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January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Si no hemos ingerido suficientes proteínas, el cuerpo nos pide más comida, lo que puede crear un círculo vicioso, sobre todo si buscamos alimentos ultraprocesados en lugar de alimentos integrales ricos en fibra.
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Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance. ✍️ Chris Woolston
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How to deal with work stress — and actually recover from burnout
Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance
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January 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance. ✍️ Chris Woolston
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Ecologist Sandy Milner has traveled to Alaska for decades to study the development of streams flowing from melting glaciers. He’s seen insects move in, alders and willows spring up, and spawning fish arrive in thousands.
✍️ Lesley Evans Ogden
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✍️ Lesley Evans Ogden
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As glaciers retreat, new streams for salmon
Ecologist Sandy Milner has traveled to Alaska for decades to study the development of streams flowing from melting glaciers. He’s seen insects move in, alders and willows spring up, and spawning fish…
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January 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Ecologist Sandy Milner has traveled to Alaska for decades to study the development of streams flowing from melting glaciers. He’s seen insects move in, alders and willows spring up, and spawning fish arrive in thousands.
✍️ Lesley Evans Ogden
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✍️ Lesley Evans Ogden
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