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These Aren’t Your Pharoah’s Mummies
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Their extinction left an indelible mark on the landscape -
We Owe It All to Figs
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DNA’s Death Notice
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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
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When Nature Burst Into Vivid Color
Which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them?
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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
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Our Dark, Unvaccinated Future
Diseases that cause suffocation, paralysis, and childhood death are poised to come surging back -
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 -
How to Measure the Universe
What units can unexpectedly reveal about fundamental puzzles in physics
