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For decades, researchers have debated whether brain cells called astrocytes can signal like neurons.

Aggressive algae have been spreading unnoticed across reefs throughout the tropics for decades.

More than 90 percent of coastal wetlands have been altered or destroyed. What’s next?

The most complete maps we have of the ocean floor lag far behind the maps we have of the moon.

Some of the power of math lies in the very fact that it’s made up.

Violent gangsterism and illegal operations dominate sand mining in the global south.

A conversation with “rational mystic,” physicist Marcelo Gleiser.

This winning image of a match catching fire brings to mind the wildfires engulfing our increasingly flammable world.

The first evidence from a randomized controlled trial that financial assistance helps prevent homelessness.

Just as I uncovered a new way to understand life, I got news about my own.

How warming oceans could deplete nutrition for millions in the tropics.

Tune in to an exploration of one of the great quandaries in science and philosophy.