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An Astrophysicist’s Favorite Books on Cosmology

This reading list takes you to the stars

September 9, 2026

Why Snake Embryos Form in Spirals

The most carefully packed embryo of all the vertebrates

September 9, 2026

The Hidden Power Struggle Between Lions and Hyenas

There’s a lot of role reversal happening here

September 9, 2026

How Fast You Walk May Determine How Long You Live

You’re going to want to pick up the pace

September 8, 2026

This New “Devil Flower” Species Doesn’t Photosynthesize

It’s a rare plant with an “enigmatic and devil-like essence”

September 8, 2026

Male Sex-Reversed Frogs Hold Their Own in Fertility Competitions

Sex reversal may not be an evolutionary dead end after all

September 8, 2026

The Elegance of a Stupid Question

Are computers in mathematics rewriting the definitions of stupid and smart?

September 8, 2026

Why Some Ants are Lazy Freeloaders

Not every ant is a good samaritan

September 8, 2026

What Archaeology Reveals About the Rise of All-Powerful Rulers

Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations—many were more egalitarian. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged

September 7, 2026

What’s Creating These Mysterious Seafloor Hexagons?

We now know who is responsible for them, but why they’re doing it is still up for debate

September 7, 2026

After an 8-Year Journey, Orbiters Are About to Give Us a Fresh Look at Mercury

But the BepiColombo twin orbiters aren’t the first spacecraft to visit our system’s smallest planet. Here’s what we’ve seen already

September 7, 2026