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How “Plant Math” Can Help Predict the Climate’s Future

Researchers are building equations for vegetation processes that might improve climate models

October 27, 2025

The World’s Tiniest Wave Tank

This ocean on a chip unlocks the mysteries of rogue waves, tsunamis, and other aquatic oddities

October 24, 2025

This Inca Building was the Original Boom Box

A 600-year-old temple was likely designed to amplify drum beats and music

October 24, 2025

Pink Boulders Reveal a Hidden Antarctic Giant

Inside the massive, granite slab slumbering beneath the frozen continent

October 24, 2025

The Secrets of Deadly Snake Bites

Slow-motion video reveals how these strikes could kill you, in surprisingly different ways

October 24, 2025

We Might Not Be So Strange

Perhaps intelligent life wasn’t so unlikely after all

October 24, 2025

The Dark Side of Putting Mirrors in Space

On-demand sunlight could be a shady undertaking

October 23, 2025

How Scavenging Made Us Human

Our early ancestors were more like vultures than we might like to think

October 23, 2025

Why Have We Never Sampled an Interstellar Comet?

A cosmic coincidence could give us an unprecedented look at a visitor from another solar system. If all goes well.

October 23, 2025

These Three Species Have Eased Back From the Brink

Recent conservation wins are proof that such efforts can make a difference

October 23, 2025

What Is Intelligence?

At a church in Italy, we sought to shed an old definition for one that could save us

October 23, 2025

What Poop Reveals About Ancient Humans

The parasites found lurking in 1,000-year-old feces give a glimpse into the health and daily life of the past

October 22, 2025