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When Your Father Is a Magician, What Do You Believe?

A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity, and the habit of looking beneath appearances

September 9, 2025

When Nature Burst Into Vivid Color

Which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them?

September 9, 2025

This Forest Survived a Megafire

Saving it involved destroying it twice

September 8, 2025

You Can Help NASA Track Hurricane Damage

Cell phone photos can help in recovery efforts

September 8, 2025

Our Dark, Unvaccinated Future

Diseases that cause suffocation, paralysis, and childhood death are poised to come surging back

September 5, 2025

Cities Obey the Laws of Living Things

All towns, big and small, are animals

September 5, 2025

These Early Humans Walked 8 Miles for the Perfect Rock

The quest for better tools is more ancient than we thought

September 5, 2025

Here’s Why Binge-Watching Is Good for You

Rabidly consuming TV shows, movies, or books could make us more imaginative and able to cope with stress

September 5, 2025

How to Measure the Universe

What units can unexpectedly reveal about fundamental puzzles in physics

September 4, 2025

Wild Jaguars Caught in the Act

The first clip of a black jaguar mating in the wild could inform conservation efforts

September 4, 2025

The Two-Body Problem for Women in Science

Can bends in spacetime accommodate a career in physics and a family?

September 4, 2025

Putting Humans First Is Not Natural

Christine Webb on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Arrogant Ape

September 3, 2025