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The Hidden Fruits of the Deep

Vast meadows sprawl far beyond the old boundaries drawn for seagrasses. They may provide a unique refuge for biodiversity.

December 8, 2020

New Fish Data Reveal How Evolutionary Bursts Create Species

In three bursts of adaptive change, one species of cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika gave rise to hundreds.

December 3, 2020

Undergraduate Math Student Pushes Frontier of Graph Theory

At 21, Ashwin Sah has produced a body of work that senior mathematicians say is nearly unprecedented for a college student.

December 3, 2020

Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV

Is memorizing a string of words a key to what makes the human brain unique?

December 2, 2020

Time Flows Toward Order

Revisiting the gospel of the second law of thermodynamics.

December 2, 2020

A Supermassive Lens on the Constants of Nature

What this year’s Nobel-winning discovery of the black hole at our galaxy’s center reveals.

November 25, 2020

A Model for a Just COVID-19 Vaccination Program

The pandemic exposed racial injustice in healthcare. Vaccine distribution must not.