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Poetry Gives Us Power

How Marianne Moore’s poem The Fish helps us see the world more clearly

May 14, 2025

Storm Chasers on the Hail Trail

The quest to map a costly weather phenomenon

Feather Forensics Could Help Nab Poachers

Chemical analysis of a bird’s feathers offers a reliable way to tell whether it was captive-born or wild-caught

May 13, 2025

Sailing Weather Gets Weird

Despite the latest forecasting science, climate change threw a wrench into this writer's latest seafaring voyage

May 13, 2025

Conspiracy Theorists Can Be Deprogrammed

AI-delivered evidence might be better at changing minds than you are

May 12, 2025

The Most Charming Villain in the Sky

Author Mike Stark on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing his new book about starlings

May 12, 2025

Ice Theft in Antarctica

Glaciers are committing piracy at the bottom of the planet

May 12, 2025

Smells Like Friend Spirit

How everyday scents can influence friendships

May 9, 2025

Sea Sponges on the Move

The bioengineers of the deep are inching their way into an expanding role in ecosystem change

The Genetics of Putrid-Smelling Flowers

Some plants lure pollinators with the stench of decay using a gene related to one that fights odor in human breath

May 8, 2025

The Case of the Curious Butterfly

How a newly named species has survived in tiny numbers for 40,000 years

May 8, 2025

Thar Be Monsters

The art of unseen creatures and the dawn of science

May 8, 2025