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The Ancient Roots of Modern Winemaking
Two-thousand-year-old grape seeds yield viticultural insight in the Chianti wine region
How to Feel at Home in the Modern World
A conversation with Harvard philosopher Ian Marcus Corbin on material, biological, and spiritual belonging
The Surprising Things You Find Digging Through Frozen Prehistoric Squirrel Poop
The Ice Age rodents left behind a lot to study
Why Robots Still Can’t Do Science
AI can read the literature in an afternoon and design molecules a chemist never would. So why can't a robot hold a pipette?
Hidden Fungal Networks Could Stretch from the Earth to the Sun a Billion Times Over
A new map of global mycorrhizal fungi details the massive scope of the vital systems
Turning the Psychedelic Experience into a Math Problem
Extended DMT trips could help scientists probe a new theory of reality that puts consciousness first
These Overlooked Pollutants Cause About 15 Percent of Global Warming
And scientists are sounding the alarm
The Venus Flytrap Mystery That Vexed Darwin, Solved
The carnivorous plant’s speedy reaction time sets it apart from other plants
Inside the Largest Whale Graveyard on Earth
Whale remains have accumulated in this Indian Ocean site for 5 million years
How to Stop a Killer Asteroid
From high-speed battering rams to gravity tractors, the technology exists to protect the planet. The question is whether humanity will act in time—and in concert.
274 Years Ago Today, Benjamin Franklin Flew a Kite
But a Frenchman beat him to the electric punch by a month
