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This Dolphin Steals from Fish for Its Meals

Putting a dent in dolphins’ reputation as the “good guys of the sea”

The Moon has a New Once-in-a-Century Crater

The lunar surface is more dynamic than you might think

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Muscle Loss is a Big Warning Sign of Dementia

But obesity has a more complicated relationship with the disease


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The Elegance of a Stupid Question

Are computers in mathematics rewriting the definitions of stupid and smart?

The Resistance Is Here

They didn’t plan to be activists. But scientists have united to overturn Trump’s drastic cuts to science.

The Return of a Discredited Pseudoscience

Eugenics is rearing its ugly head again in today’s crucible of politics and culture

How Do You Read Ancient Charred Scrolls? Make Your Own

A new technique could unlock the secrets of the Herculaneum scrolls

Did Wildfires Spark the Invention of Pottery?

Introducing the “natural kiln hypothesis”

The Brutal Origins of Bear-Baiting

The practice exploded in popularity following the Norman Conquest

Envy at the Ballot Box

Majority voting may make us less willing to tolerate advantages for others

I’m Part of the Team Writing the Next Bible of Psychiatry—For the First Time, the DSM Will Use Biology to Understand Mental Disorders

Part of the challenge of finding a biomarker for mental illness is the environment’s significant influence

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Chimps Hand Down Tools Across Generations

Social learning boosts feeding success of young’uns

Taylor Swift Drops New Insect Species

Thanks to a graduate student who is a “lifelong Swiftie”

What a Picture of a Dog Has to Do with Reason and Logic

People who can’t see images in their minds challenge an old philosophical standby

What Makes Humans Stupid

It takes intelligence to get things spectacularly wrong. An essay on our undoing.

You Have Two Brains, Not One

Being of two minds may be more than just an idiom