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The Oceans Are Teeming with Unknown Species
Scientists are finding 2,000 new marine species a year. Why it matters to name and categorize them.
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No Two Human Brains Are Alike
The uniqueness of each mind is written in its ever-changing circuitry.
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Doctor Strange and the Multiverse in Science
The multiverse of pop culture owes its existence to a testable scientific hypothesis.
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How Much Is the Ocean Worth?
Putting a price tag on the ocean might just save it.
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We Were Here
How advanced civilizations could leave us a message of their presence.
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A Voice for Minorities in Aquaculture
Imani Black is working to bring people of color into marine conservation and production.
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We Better Think Twice About What We Say to ET
Extraterrestrials could take our intergalactic message in entirely the wrong way.
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“I Have to Admit, I Have a Very Low Opinion of Human Beings”
Why the father of neuroscience, toward the end of his career, preferred to study ants.
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He Fast-Forwarded Evolution into the Future
Forty years ago, a paleontologist pictured Earth millions of years from now. His vision is a wake-up call for us today.
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What Lurks in a Drowned Forest in Alabama?
The next miracle drug might be hiding in a primeval undersea forest.
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A Viral Twitter Thread Reawakens the Dark History of Anthropology
I’m an anthropologist and rarely have I seen such a harmful mix of inaccuracies and stereotypes about Indigenous people.
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What Regret Tells Us
The feeling you could have made a different choice only arises because you have free will. A graphic explanation.
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Researchers Gain New Understanding From Simple AI
Language processing programs are notoriously hard to interpret, but smaller versions can provide important insights into how they work.
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As Creation Stories Go, the Big Bang Is a Good One
How science is like mythology when it pushes the boundaries of the known.
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The Machiavellians of the Animal Kingdom
Want to see a power play in a group? Behold the mongoose.
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Cancer Shouldn’t Pose a Threat to Our Lives. We Should Find It First
Identifying the “first cell” could revolutionize the way we treat cancer.
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Animals Feel What’s Right and Wrong, Too
It’s time to take moral emotion in animals seriously.
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The Power of Narrative
Global solutions, like the greening of the world’s financial system, begin with the right story.
