Data

Inside the incredible journey to solve an ancient human mystery

The future of sports is algorithms, not athletes

Covid-19 "lab leak": Why it's worth looking into

This newly declassified Cold War book could solve the hardest puzzle in the world

Why an unexpected team is giving a famous work of art a necessary makeover

Can decoded neurofeedback erase our bad memories?

Why Covid vaccines might not be enough

Why the way you sit matters for your health

Engineers are on the brink of breaking a massive encryption barrier

Solar storms are increasingly dangerous to civilization: Learn why

Fish stress can change their spawn genetically forever

Read what the Covid-19 vaccine does for pregnant women

The secret to the perfect curveball is 4 million years old

Covid-19: Is the AstraZeneca vaccine safe?

Medical marijuana: Why the jury is still out on cannabis as a painkiller

To survive, skinny elephant seals hide differently than their thicc brethren

Physicists are on the brink of redefining time

How sewage can detect the next pandemic

Seventy percent of people don’t know what seafood they are eating — study

Fake science news: 6 tips to debunk misinformation online

Virtual reality could solve a century-spanning philosophical mystery

How has gaming changed in the pandemic? 2,900 Inverse readers reveal 3 big trends

Covid-19 anniversary: One year in quarantine

Physicists use a weird quirk of quantum physics to hunt dark matter

Is happiness measurable? How one team is redefining joy

One human decision may be devastating bees

A billion years from now, a lack of oxygen will wipe out life on Earth

Covid-19 skin symptoms: 4 unusual changes to look for

Napping: 2 huge benefits come out of a midday snooze

Ancient DNA reveals how we evolved to fight disease

I was the doctor on the WHO’s Covid-19 mission to China. Here’s what we found out.

A 41,000-year-old secret could predict the next shift in Earth

Video games might be good for your mental health after all — study

Will coronavirus evolve to become less deadly? Scientists predict future variants

Data proves the difference between white and Black cops

White cops are different from Black cops in 1 crucial way, study shows

Our secret weapon against the next pandemic could be hiding in plain sight

Scientists debunk long-held theory about spicy food

Human invention makes need for human mathematicians obsolete

Scaled Up

Engineers built machines to scrub CO₂ from the air. But will it halt climate change?

A scientific twist on an iconic video game just might prevent the apocalypse

Exercise intensity: How to calculate the ideal heart rate while working out

Inverse Daily: The "final stage" influencer

Tiny animals provide big Arctic data

Why a classic physics phenomenon could prevent future car crashes

Covid-19 Vaccines

Who commits crime on Tor? A new analysis has a surprising answer

Covid-19 & masks: new data model reveals a powerful “what-if” scenario

'In Silico:' Director Noah Hutton reveals how one neuroscientist's pursuit of perfection went awry