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Smells Like Friend Spirit
How everyday scents can influence friendships -
Sea Sponges on the Move
The bioengineers of the deep are inching their way into an expanding role in ecosystem change -
The Genetics of Putrid-Smelling Flowers
Some plants lure pollinators with the stench of decay using a gene related to one that fights odor in human breath -
Thar Be Monsters
The art of unseen creatures and the dawn of science -
The Case of the Curious Butterfly
How a newly named species has survived in tiny numbers for 40,000 years -
Why Germs Love Our Collective Amnesia
Author Thomas Levenson on writing his new book So Very Small about humanity’s struggle to accept germs’ threats -
A Cicada Fossil Surprise
A new glimpse into their ancient history -
The Woman Who Saw Birds as Individuals
Len Howard opened her cottage—and our eyes—to the birds -
The Body Has a Head
You have never read a science book like this -
From the Debris of Halley’s Comet
This week, chunks of the famous comet will fall to Earth in the Eta Aquarids meteor shower -
The Stress Etched in Rose Petals
These symbols of romance are geometrical enigmas -
Ghost Forests Are Growing
Saltwater is killing trees along low-lying coasts, and marshes may move in
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My Visit with My Dead Father’s Brain
What I discovered about my dad and myself at the lab where his brain resides
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This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies
A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones
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The Creativity Hack No One Told You About
Reading obituaries can boost creativity by exposing you to distant ideas -
Inside the Big Bet on Consciousness
The real winner in the battle between two leading theories of consciousness was science itself -
A New Story for Malta
Evidence of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers on the island could reshape our understanding of human settlement in the Mediterranean -
Reclaiming Samples of Ourselves
Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg explores the ethics of human specimen collections in Is a Biobank a Home? -
Manta Rays at Play
Underwater, the mantas circled Evie, ready for a game. A work of fiction.
