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Your body retains the benefits of exercise even when you need to hit pause. Williams+Hirakawa/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Your cells keep a record of every workout you’ve ever done – and those gains persist even after a break from exercise

‘Use it or lose it’ isn’t quite true when it comes to the health benefits of exercise. Cells across the body retain a memory of training that lasts longer than once thought.
Bendera GAM (kanan) dan bendera merah putih berkibar berdampingan dalam aksi di depan Masjid Raya Baiturrahman, Banda Aceh pada 15 Agustus 2026. Reza Saifullah/AFP via Getty Images

Ketidakbecusan pemerintah dalam mengurus bencana memengaruhi narasi kemerdekaan di Aceh

Konflik GAM yang berlangsung selama puluhan tahun di Aceh berakhir pascatsunami dahsyat 2004. Namun, wacana kemerdekaan kini kembali mencuat.
A Free Aceh Movement flag, right, flies alongside the Indonesian national flag during a rally outside the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on Aug. 15, 2026. Reza Saifullah/AFP via Getty Images

21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?

A decades-long insurgency in the Indonesian province ended after 2004’s devastating tsunami. But pro-independence talk is on the rise again.
Le « chemo brain » et d'autres séquelles du cancer ne perturbent pas seulement le quotidien : ils rendent aussi les sites web, les applications et les smartphones plus difficiles à utiliser. Thirdman/pexels

Les séquelles du cancer compliquent souvent l’usage des outils numériques

Lire un texte trop petit, suivre des instructions complexes ou remplir un formulaire en ligne peut devenir un véritable obstacle après un cancer.
Saying ‘cheers’ to the lasting goodwill from hosting overseas fans? Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty Images

Now that the World Cup is over, can host cities turn their investment into a lasting social impact?

Studies suggest that, played right, hosting large sporting events can pay lasting noneconomic dividends. But it needs sustained effort.
Os espinhos dos cactos cholla saltadores são um excelente exemplo de como a evolução cria ferramentas especializadas de perfuração: pedaços dos cactos devem ficar presos na pele dos animais para que a planta se espalhe no ambiente via clonagem. Tony Cyphert/Flickr

Do espinho ao ferrão: as ferramentas de perfuração da natureza

Espinhos dos cactos, ferrões de vespas, órgãos genitais de caracóis e dentes de tubarões têm muito mais em comum do que parece à primeira vista
The activity of tiny microbes in and around the roots of crops such as soybeans are valuable for their growth. Oleh Malshakov/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Fertilizers carry a hidden cost for soil’s crucial microbes – using less as prices rise might pay off for farms in unexpected ways

Too much fertilizer disrupts the hidden world of soil-dwelling microbes that were sustaining healthy crops long before synthetic fertilizer was invented.
Hatshepsut (c. 1505–1458 B.C.E.) was Egypt’s second female ruler. She often is depicted as a sphinx or wearing a beard, a traditional sign of pharaonic authority. G. Dagli Orti/De Agostini Editorial via Getty Images

Who was the first transgender person?

There is evidence of people who crossed gender boundaries even in ancient civilizations, though the terms naming them have evolved over time.

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