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Where Have All the Snow Crabs Gone?
Eleven billion crabs vanished. Is climate change really to blame?
The Mystery of the Blue Whale Songs
Earth’s largest animals are singing in ever-lower tones, and nobody knows why.
Don’t Treat Your Life as a Project
Fight the tendency to see your life as a narrative journey.
Is COVID-19 Becoming Less Polarizing?
One question for Sara Constantino, a psychologist and public policy researcher at Northeastern University.
Making Sense of Big Ocean Data
Ocean conservation science is experiencing a data explosion—but can we utilize it properly?
Original Minds
From the first cells to unique minds, in the editor's note from Print Issue 46.
The Invasion of the Super Insects
New generations of insects are devouring Earth’s forests. Humans helped breed them—can we help stop them?
What the Tiny Cluster of Brain Cells in My Lab Are Telling Me
I’ve created organoids that, surprisingly, have a lot to say about how the brain works.
Can Organoids Take Us into a New Era of Medicine?
Meet the human cell-based models that are better, faster, cheaper—and more ethical to use—than animals.
Does Consuming Cannabis Boost Creativity?
One question for Christopher Barnes, a professor of organizational behavior at the University of Washington.
