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What a Bronze Age Skeleton Reveals About Cavities

Here’s a hint: He didn’t eat processed foods and sugar.

April 4, 2024

The Marvelous Seamounts of the Southeast Pacific

An expedition to a little-explored region returns with deep-sea wonders.

April 3, 2024

The Ocean Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Maybe

What we know—and don’t know—about a crucial climate tipping point.

April 3, 2024

The Invasive Species

When it comes to tinkering with nature, our résumé is a list of breathtaking mistakes.

April 2, 2024

Archaeology at the Bottom of the Sea

David Gibbins on his 3 greatest revelations while writing A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks.

April 2, 2024

How a Total Eclipse Alters Your Psyche

The importance of feeling small and insignificant.

April 1, 2024

Doubts Grow About the Biosignature Approach to Alien-Hunting

Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.

April 1, 2024

Do Our Oceans Feel the Tug of Mars?

Ancient currents seemed to move in concert with a 2.4 million-year dance between the Red Planet and Earth.

March 29, 2024

When Bacteria Are Beautiful

Making art out of an invisible world that shapes human health and disease.

March 28, 2024

How Much Carbon Can a Tree Really Store?

A new study says climate change is messing with the math.

March 27, 2024

The Women Who Found Liberation in Seaweed

How a shared love of algae got a community of women hooked on marine science.

March 27, 2024

When Sleep Deprivation Is an Antidepressant

For some, a night without sleep causes mood-boosting changes in the brain.

March 26, 2024