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Carlyn Zwarenstein is the author of “On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance.” As a journalist, she writes about science, literature, social movements and health, and is at work on her third book. Find her at carlynzwarenstein.com and on Bluesky.

A girl standing in the midst of the stars at night (Getty Images/sarayut Thaneerat)

Sure, we’re all made of stardust. But what does that really mean?

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Multiverse, bubbles, concept (Getty Images/VICTOR DE SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

If the multiverse theory is real, how soon can I ditch this sucky timeline?

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Silverback Gorilla (Getty Images/Edwin_Butter)

What a gorilla named Lia taught scientists about human facial expressions

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Two chimpanzees meeting with each other apparently having a discussion using hand gestures (Getty Images/curioustiger)

Study finds vocal flexibility in young chimpanzees, a parallel perhaps denoting language’s origins

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Senior man doing a jigsaw puzzle (Getty Images/LightFieldStudios)

What are the biomarkers of Alzheimer’s really telling us?

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Male figure walking through maze (Getty Images/OsakaWayne Studios)

Navigating new Alzheimer’s drugs can be confusing and expensive. So do they really help patients?

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Cabinet of replica human fosil skulls. From a college dept of Anthropology. (kickstand via Getty Images)

A new model for human origins in Africa upends commonly held beliefs about our evolution

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