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The Genius of Fishing with Tidal Weirs

Native and non-native scientists have come together to counter overfishing with an ancient practice.

April 6, 2022

Neuroscience Gets in the Way of Appreciating Art

To this philosopher, art is the best method for exploring who and what we are.

April 6, 2022

The Race to Protect Sweet Corn

Breeding a variety that can withstand disease and taste better, too.

April 6, 2022

The Ocean Is Having Trouble Breathing

A drop in oxygen levels is putting ocean ecosystems on life support.

Why I Couldn’t Get Over My Brother’s Death

Everybody told me my grief would relent in a year. It only got worse. Was there something wrong with me?

March 30, 2022

Can Cancer Be Treated by Changing Its Cells?

Tumors grow when cells lose their biological identity. A promising therapeutic might restore their sense of self.

March 26, 2022

Robots Show Us Who We Are

What can we learn from machines with imagination and culture?

March 23, 2022

The Portentous Comeback of Humpback Whales

Humpbacks are returning to pre-whaling populations with a warning about ocean ecosystems.

March 23, 2022

How Putin’s War Is Sinking Climate Science

An American journalist leaves Russia as war breaks up the international collaboration key to climate research in the Arctic.

March 18, 2022

Math’s “Oldest Problem Ever” Gets a New Answer

A new proof significantly strengthens a decades-old result about the ubiquity of ways to represent whole numbers as sums of fractions.

March 18, 2022

The Real Impact of Meteorites on Earth

Life as we know it was seeded by rocks from outer space.

March 16, 2022

The Art of Ocean Science

On board a research vessel exploring the oceans, these artists found beauty in science.

March 15, 2022