In space, no one can hear the “Jaws” theme

It’s like a big baby Earth

In 1872, New York’s devastating epizootic gave the ASPCA’s young founder a powerful moral argument for animal protection

Another archaeological cold case solved

A new technique could unlock the secrets of the Herculaneum scrolls

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

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

Cooperation is a double-edged sword

An under-the-sea autobiography

We’ve moved on from the golden glow

It’s a rare plant with an “enigmatic and devil-like essence”

It gives them a leg up in survival

What about the Ping Pong Sponge? The Casper the Ghost Octopus? The Gummy Squirrel?

And it’s already endangered

Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith on AI consciousness and existential risk

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

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