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A Model Toadlet
A tiny, charismatic frog in Brazil is revealing secrets of a killer fungus. -
An A to Z of Hungry Killer Whales
This unique community of orcas is starving to death. -
Falling in Love with a Fly
My Octopus Teacher’s Craig Foster considers the uncharismatic. -
A Cosmic Glitch in Gravity
Is gravity weaker over distances of billions of light-years? -
Crying Wolf in an Age of Alarms
The human costs of faulty disaster warnings. -
We Came from Lowly Mud
How Earth’s habitable continents arose—and survived. -
The Case for Scientific Transculturalism
Life will stand a better chance against climate change if we mix big- and small-picture thinking. -
How a Hurricane Brought Monkeys Together
This island of macaques rebuilt their social networks after calamity. -
The Astonishing Ways Animals Use Social Networks
Lee Alan Dugatkin on his 3 greatest revelations while writing The Well-Connected Animal. -
Why AI Can Never Make Humans Obsolete
A conversation with Issue 55 cover artist Angie Wang. -
A Buffer Zone for Trees
How frosty pockets in valleys could help protect some trees against climate change. -
A Scientist Walks Into a Bar …
How comedy plays on our emotions to fight misinformation.
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How Melting Ice Has Altered Time-Keeping
Climate change could upend how we synchronize global clocks forever.
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Color-Coding Crops for Climate Change
Novel ways to use gene-editing to make farming more sustainable.
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The Curious Life of a Singing Fish
Plainfin midshipman fish migrate from the deep sea to spawn—and then things get weird.
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Insects and Other Animals May Have Consciousness
A new consensus emerges. -
Sardines Are Feeling the Squeeze
Climate change and overfishing are decimating sardines in the Philippines. -
Consciousness, Creativity, and Godlike AI
American writer Meghan O’Gieblyn on when the mind is alive. -
I Never Stopped Learning from Daniel Dennett
Reflections on a philosopher who believed we can solve the problem of consciousness. -
10 Brilliant Insights from Daniel Dennett
A glimpse of a mind jammed to the rafters with ideas.