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These Tiny Beautiful Fossils Tell the Future
What bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal about the ocean’s past and future in times of climate chaos
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Debunking Dangerous Views of Autism
This psychologist has worked with autistic people for 50 years. Here’s what she wants you to know.
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Finding a Sense of Place in the Ocean
Saving the seas may depend on connecting people to hidden landscapes
The Porthole
Short sharp looks at science
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A Clear View of the Sun’s Fireworks
Optical advances yield an unprecedented look at the corona dancing around our nearest star
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How Indigenous Knowledge Could Save Fishing
We need both modern data and the wisdom of the First Nations to preserve aquatic ecosystems
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Sailing Weather Gets Weird
Despite the latest forecasting science, climate change threw a wrench into this writer’s latest seafaring voyage
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AI Could Help Humans Understand Animals
But are animal dictionaries enough to demystify the animal mind?
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Conspiracy Theorists Can Be Deprogrammed
AI-delivered evidence might be better at changing minds than you are
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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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Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer
What snakes, ferrets, and elephants are revealing about cancer resistance
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The Extraordinary, Imperiled Science at the End of the Earth
Firing experts in Antarctica couldn’t come at a worse time
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How We Solved the Hole in the Ozone
A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis.
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I Bought a Robot Cat for My Rabbit
A TikTok experiment led me into a strange world of cyborg cockroaches, imposter fish, and the ethics of care
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We Are a Part of Infinity
A neuroscientist uncovers Albert Einstein’s little known spiritual journey
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Neutron Stars Hint at Another Dimension
Are the mysterious stars clues to one of the greatest mysteries in the universe?
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Balloon-Borne Telescopes Take Off
Stratospheric balloons are giving astronomers sharper views of the universe
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The Sean Carrolls Explain the Universe
Why are we here? Is there life on other planets? The renowned scientists who share a name share their answers to life’s big questions.
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The Soviet Rebel of Music
He composed on a computer in a dangerous time. His echo is still heard today.
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How Whales Could Help Us Speak to Aliens
Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.
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A Mars Moon Rises at Dawn
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Famous Sea Monster Gets a Name
Traskasaura sandrae had “very odd” features that made it a crafty hunter -
What Fueled the Ocean’s Largest Terror
Megalodon teeth reveal a secret to their ancient super-predator status -
Slow-Speed, High-Stakes Chase
Off the coast of Hawaii, two well-armored invertebrates face off -
Your Dishwasher Could Harbor the Next Chonkus
Scientists want your help identifying marvelous new extremophiles -
Meet a Newly Discovered Cave Crustacean
This delicate copepod species joins the ranks of a unique and fragile underground ecosystem -
What Birdsong Says About Motivation
In self-driven learning, performance is its own reward -
The Visual Language of Crystals
Chemistry becomes art in Thomas Blanchard’s timelapse video -
A Dangerous Kind of Weather
Thirstwaves are drying out croplands -
Hilma af Klint Celebrates the Supernatural in Nature
The Swedish artist’s eccentric botanic illustrations, on view publicly for the first time, weave mysticism with painstaking accuracy -
A Snout of Significance
This Ecuadorian lizard uses its remarkable proboscis for wooing, not warring -
The Largest Iceberg on Earth Is Stuck
A new view of the berg shows it’s losing its edge -
Why Birds Sing So Differently
A comic explains the highs and lows of birdsong -
We’ve Got the Beat—in Our Genes
How much we enjoy music, and in what ways, is heritable -
The History Hidden in Names
Etchings in ancient Hebrew artifacts reveal nuanced social dynamics -
Moon Marbles Hint at Lunar Depths
A mantle-rocking asteroid impact could have made curious glass beads on the surface -
Enlisting Paparazzi to Save a Gigantic Fish
Crowd-sourced data on the giant sea bass suggest it’s making a rebound -
Maybe I Am the Asshole?
What a popular subreddit can tell us about everyday morality -
5 Devious Ways People Made Bugs Into Bombs
Insects are among the oldest of weaponry -
Poetry Gives Us Power
How Marianne Moore’s poem The Fish helps us see the world more clearly
