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Long Lives Helped Early Humans Thrive
Michael Gurven on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer
The Porthole
Short sharp looks at science
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In the Land of the Eyeless Dragons
The cave-dwelling olm is a canary in the coal mine for environmental change
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Visit the 7 Most Extreme Planets in the Universe
From molten glass rain to oceans of lava, an intergalactic tour of the most terrifying and beautiful climates out there
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Gaia’s Got a Fever
An aging Earth, like an aging body, is increasingly vulnerable to heat’s fatal strikes
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Can Humanity Stem the Plastic Tide?
Plastic pollution is costing the world $1.5 trillion a year in health-related losses
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This Cloud Forest Should Not Exist
The story of an Ecuadorean forest that fought annihilation and won
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Hope Catches a Tailwind
Dona Bertarelli brings her intimate knowledge of the high seas to advocate for conserving ocean ecosystems
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AI Already Knows Us Too Well
Chatbots profile our personalities, which could give them the keys to drive our thoughts—and actions
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What We Misunderstand About Robots
Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science
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Is It Cake? How Our Brain Deciphers Materials
Neuroscientists are discovering how this basic ability, essential to our survival, works
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Our Dark, Unvaccinated Future
Diseases that cause suffocation, paralysis, and childhood death are poised to come surging back
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How To Tell If You’re Dead
The line between life and death has never been clear—and modern technology blurs it further
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Stranger Things in the Universe
New data about dark energy is a reminder that cosmology is a never-ending story
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Neutron Stars Hint at Another Dimension
Are the mysterious stars clues to one of the greatest mysteries in the universe?
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The Sean Carrolls Explain the Universe
Why are we here? Is there life on other planets? The renowned scientists who share a name share their answers to life’s big questions.
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The Soviet Rebel of Music
He composed on a computer in a dangerous time. His echo is still heard today.
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How Whales Could Help Us Speak to Aliens
Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.
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These Aren’t Your Pharoah’s Mummies
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DNA’s Death Notice
See original manuscripts, letters, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling -
Can I Give You Some Advice?
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Does Musical Taste Narrow with Age?
What 450 million song plays tell us about how our listening habits evolve -
Scientists Are People, Too
Can humanizing scientists help win back public trust? -
Shark Teeth Are Crumbling
As ocean acidity grows, it’s eating into their gnashers -
Rogue Wave Mystery Solved
Each leviathan of the deep has a signature that can be used to forecast it -
Where Will the Sloths Go?
Their habitat is disappearing as humans encroach -
These Carnivorous Bats Are Softies
They are fond of cuddle balls and rear their children for years -
Meet the Asteroids Next Door
A radar system is set to map near-Earth objects as they fly by -
When Nature Burst Into Vivid Color
Which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them? -
When Your Father Is a Magician, What Do You Believe?
A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity, and the habit of looking beneath appearances -
You Can Help NASA Track Hurricane Damage
Cell phone photos can help in recovery efforts -
This Forest Survived a Megafire
Saving it involved destroying it twice -
Cities Obey the Laws of Living Things
All towns, big and small, are animals -
Here’s Why Binge-Watching Is Good for You
Rabidly consuming TV shows, movies, or books could make us more imaginative and able to cope with stress -
These Early Humans Walked 8 Miles for the Perfect Rock
The quest for better tools is more ancient than we thought -
Wild Jaguars Caught in the Act
The first clip of a black jaguar mating in the wild could inform conservation efforts -
The Two-Body Problem for Women in Science
Can bends in spacetime accommodate a career in physics and a family? -
Putting Humans First Is Not Natural
Christine Webb on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Arrogant Ape
