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Redefining Dinosaurs: Paleontologists are Shaking the Dinosaur Family Tree to its Roots.

A radical reconfiguration of the long-standing dinosaur family tree challenges an orthodoxy built on roughly a century and a half of research.

May 29, 2019

Juno Unveils Jupiter’s Secrets

The NASA mission has turned our knowledge of Jupiter “upside down.”

May 29, 2019

The Ancient Rites That Gave Birth to Religion

Sacred beliefs likely arose out of prehistoric bonding and rituals.

May 29, 2019

The Worth of an Angry God

How supernatural beliefs allowed societies to bond and spread.

May 29, 2019

Piecing Together the Big Picture of Coral Reef Health

Scientists are seeing a glimmer of hope in the complicated future of coral reefs.

May 29, 2019

Richard Dawkins on Poetry

The evolutionary biologist reads Robert Frost.

May 28, 2019

Meet Harvard’s Own Poet-Physician

Rafael Campo on finding the humanity in medicine and science.

May 24, 2019

Can We Revive Empathy in Our Selfish World?

An experiment shows how to rebuild human compassion.

May 22, 2019