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Our Prodigal Sun

Searching the heavens for our sun’s family.

December 9, 2013

How to Build a Better Bat Cave

The temperature has to be just right.

December 6, 2013

Ingenious: Ian Tattersall

The meaning of home in human evolution.

December 5, 2013

Chernobyl’s Hot Mess, “the Elephant’s Foot,” Is Still Lethal

This large black mass could be the most dangerous piece of waste in the world.

December 3, 2013

The Harshest Return

Living in Antarctica is hard; coming home can be harder.

December 2, 2013

In Search of the First Human Home

When did the savanna give way to the crash pad?

December 2, 2013

The Caveman’s Home Was Not a Cave

Our picture of man’s early home has been skewed by modern preconceptions.

December 2, 2013

Bacteria Love Lasered Jell-O

How artificial homes for pathogens may lead to better medicine.

December 2, 2013

What Virtual Reality Teaches Us About Home

We don’t like cookie-cutter suburbs, but we buy there anyway.

December 2, 2013