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The Galaxies in Your Eyes

The eyes in deepfake photos give them away.

August 1, 2024

Excavating a Language at the End of the World

How an old dictionary is revealing new perspectives on an Indigenous culture.

July 31, 2024

When Logic Beats Imagination

Sometimes picturing things in your mind is counterproductive.

July 31, 2024

The Wisdom of Fish Schools

How animals—including us—outsource decision-making to a network.

July 30, 2024

An Earthy Fallen Star

The strange mushroom that puffs life into forests around the world.

July 29, 2024

Jupiter’s Incredible Shrinking Spot

Earth’s meteorology could explain what’s behind the great red whorl’s waning.

When the Composer Is a Geneticist

Jenny Graves tired of singing about Adam and Eve. So she wrote a creation oratorio based on science.

July 26, 2024

 A Snaky Use for CRISPR

Indiana Jones would love to hear about this new application for the gene-editing technology.

July 25, 2024

The Unpredictability of Life

Why academic outcomes resist machine learning.

July 24, 2024

The Elegant Math of Machine Learning

Anil Ananthaswamy’s 3 greatest revelations while writing Why Machines Learn.

July 23, 2024

There Will Be Blood

Confronting the ethical and ecological dilemma over culling animals for conservation.

July 22, 2024

Underwater Harmony and Chaos

These birds are diving fools.

July 22, 2024