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The Tiny Ant and the Mighty Lion
How one insect is reshaping the ecosystem of the African savannah.
Tools of the Wild: Unveiling the Crafty Side of Nature
It’s time to rethink what tools reveal about animal intelligence and evolution.
Cary Grant Made LSD Therapy Fashionable
Benjamin Breen on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Tripping on Utopia, about the birth of psychedelic science.
So Much Depends Upon Antarctica
The magnificence of the continent that’s changing our world.
How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
The key to preventing crashes is to know what you don’t know.
What Plants Hear
They sense the buzzing sounds of pollinators, the vibrations of the wind.
Seeing Through Animal Eyes
New technology translates animal-eye views of the world into colors humans can see.
What Physicists Have Been Missing
An exciting new theory reconciles gravity and quantum physics. I think it’s wrong. But I may be too.
How Did Life Begin?
By imitating early conditions of Earth in the lab, scientists gain new insight into the origin of life.
My 3 Greatest Revelations
The author on writing her book, Our Moon, about the power of our satellite to guide evolution and human curiosity.
The Violent Birth of the Moon
Did a colossal collision with a doomed planet give us our satellite?
