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The Case For Leaving City Rats Alone

A Vancouver rat study is showing us how pest control can backfire.

July 19, 2016

Noise Is a Drug and New York Is Full of Addicts

We may complain about a defining feature of the city, but we also feed off it.

July 19, 2016

Her Second Act: Fotini Markopoulou on Life Beyond Physics

It was time to work with her hands, not only her mind.

July 19, 2016

This Physics Pioneer Walked Away from It All

Why Fotini Markopoulou traded quantum gravity for industrial design.

July 19, 2016

These Clumps of Undigested Food Used to Be Medicinal Charms

Folks got it into their heads that bezoars were a powerful antidote against any poison.

July 18, 2016

Why the Songbird’s Serenade Is Going Off Key

Urban din is forcing animal mating calls to be either unsexy or unheard.

July 14, 2016

The Hidden Science of the Missing Gravitational Waves

A relatively unknown experiment is already drawing conclusions from the sound of silence.

July 14, 2016

Spark of Science: France A. Cordova

The director of the National Science Foundation on what brought her back to science.

July 14, 2016

How Noise Makes Music

We use music to make sense of the squawks, creaks, and roars around us.

July 14, 2016