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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

A Cicada Fossil Surprise

A new glimpse into their ancient history

May 7, 2025

Why Germs Love Our Collective Amnesia

Author Thomas Levenson on writing his new book So Very Small about humanity's struggle to accept germs' threats

May 7, 2025

The Woman Who Saw Birds as Individuals

Len Howard opened her cottage—and our eyes—to the birds

May 7, 2025

The Body Has a Head

You have never read a science book like this

May 6, 2025

From the Debris of Halley’s Comet

This week, chunks of the famous comet will fall to Earth in the Eta Aquarids meteor shower

The Stress Etched in Rose Petals

These symbols of romance are geometrical enigmas

May 5, 2025