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I Turn Scientific Renderings of Space into Art
Illustrator Luis Calćada walks a fine line between scientific truth and imagination -
Horses Can Smell How You’re Feeling
If you lead with fear, they may respond with their own fearful behaviors -
Tyrannosaurids Took Their Time Growing to 17,000 Pounds
Forty-year growth periods may have given them a leg up in dominating their ecosystems -
The Accidental Discovery of Aristotle’s Paradigm-Shifting School
The ancient institution shaped education as we know it today -
The Search for Where Consciousness Lives in the Brain
A new technology could help scientists answer an old question -
C-Sections Have a Surprisingly Ancient History
And their meaning has shifted over millennia -
Why Europa Might Not Have Life After All
Europa’s seafloor might be “too quiet” to support life -
The Quest for the Perfect Lip-Synching Robot
Their mouths may move convincingly, but they’re far from lifelike—for now -
The Secrets of an Ancient Hunk of Woolly Rhinoceros Meat
It helps decipher what exactly happened to its species about 14,000 years ago -
This Hidden Brain Region Could Help You Stay Resilient in Old Age
A surprising measure of frailty and grip strength -
Pompeii’s Early Baths Were Petri Dishes
Things improved with an impressive aqueduct system—if you don’t count lead contamination -
Delusions Are Often Not-So-Delusional After All
A radical shift in understanding psychosis
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How Jupiter and Saturn Dictate Earth’s Oil Deposits
Jurassic mudstones reveal how the heavens impact Earth
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An Asteroid Impact May Explain Our Lopsided Moon
The crash might have radically transformed the lunar interior
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What “Primate” and Other Slasher Monkey Movies Get Wrong
A primatologist explains why monkeys aren’t monsters
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A Billion-Year-Old Piece of Sky Locked Within Ancient Salt Crystals
Here’s what was in the air during the so-called “Boring Billion”
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Space Exploration Speaks to the Core of Who We Are
Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his latest book, The Giant Leap
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We’re Evolving Beyond This Rock Right Now
Life is already busy making its transition to being interplanetary -
How Brain Waves Shape Your Sense of Self
It’s all a matter of timing -
Take a Look at the Hairy Mouthparts of a Queen Bee
They’re actually what sets her apart from her worker bees -
When Fake Nuclear Disaster Fallout Reached Los Angeles
A 1965 test revealed how people would fare if a nuclear rocket launch went wrong -
How Childbearing Leaves Its Imprint on Mothers’ Biological Age
The number of kids a woman has and when she has them may shape her later years
