More from Lauren J. Young

a 3d rendering of a tardigrade or water bear in a green aquatic environment
Animals

Tardigrades go where the slime takes them

By Lauren J. Young

a blue planet with light patches showing interesting patterns in the clouds and atmosphere
Science

Neptune is already an ice giant, but it might be having a cold snap

By Lauren J. Young

Dogs know exactly what they’re doing when they give you the ‘puppy eyes’
Animals

Dogs know exactly what they’re doing when they give you the ‘puppy eyes’

By Lauren J. Young

small delicate, partially translucent mushrooms growing on a log
Biology

This South Pacific island could help us understand how fungi evolve

By Lauren J. Young

People in masks waiting on a New York City street in daytime for free COVID-19 testing at a blue truck
COVID-19

COVID relief funds are drying up—and so are free tests and treatments

By Lauren J. Young

a small marine cone snail with a brown spotted shell extends its proboscis that delivers venom into a fish
Animals

This cone snail’s deadly venom could hold the key to better pain meds

By Lauren J. Young

a yellow wheeled robot approaches a colony of penguins in the snow
Animals

The march of the penguins has a new star: an autonomous robot

By Lauren J. Young

Prehistoric vampire squid swimming in the Paleozoic ocean in an illustration
Animals

Slap another cephalopod on the vampire squid’s family tree

By Lauren J. Young

Perseverance Mars rover with a camera lens takes a picture of itself on a red dusty planet
Mars

Happy Mars-iversary, Perseverance

By Lauren J. Young, Purbita Saha

Pile of model white molar teeth
Engineering

This new synthetic tooth enamel is even harder than the real thing

By Lauren J. Young

a large cloud system snowstorm swirls above the north east United States, taken from a satellite
Aviation

NASA’s storm-chasing planes fly through blizzards to improve snowfall forecasts

By Lauren J. Young

a large, dark globe-shaped fish with a striking rod on the crown of its head. the bulb at the tip of the rod glows a cobalt blue
Animals

This anglerfish has mastered a trick to light up the depths of the Pacific Ocean

By Lauren J. Young

a 3d rendering of a rocky asteroid
Science

Do look up at this asteroid as it whizzes safely past Earth tonight

By Lauren J. Young

three surgeons in blue scrubs, face masks, gloves, and sanitary gear are in an operating room standing next to a surgical bench covered in blue clothe. the surgeon on the left holds up a heart
Health

The first successful pig heart transplant into a human was a century in the making

By Lauren J. Young

closeup of a whorled fingerprint pattern on a white person
Science

The genes behind your fingerprints just got weirder

By Lauren J. Young

a giraffe sticks its tongue out against the background of a bright blue sky
Animals

9 animal stories that made 2021 more ‘bearable’

By Lauren J. Young