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The Lion Who Would Save the World

An anthropologist shows how bonding with another species could help humans come together.

July 18, 2024

The Odds That Aliens Exist Just Got Worse

How geology resolves the Fermi paradox.

July 17, 2024

Ray Kurzweil Still Lives in Utopia

The futurist doubles down on the Singularity in his latest book.

July 17, 2024

I Heard the Wild Donkey Bray

On the trail of a new understanding of invasive species.

July 16, 2024

The New Science of Animal Minds

The author on writing his new book Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-Than-Human World.

July 16, 2024

What Happened to Ancient Megafauna?

Recent studies show it wasn’t the climate that did them in.

July 15, 2024

Tanning With the Stars

Since we can’t travel to the stars, this philosophical trickster brings them to us.

July 12, 2024

The Ocean Is Getting Sicker

Pathogens are surging and new diseases are emerging.

July 12, 2024

The Conservationist’s New Best Friend

With their astounding sense of smell, dogs are helping to sniff out ecological trouble.

July 11, 2024

The Moss That Could Terraform Mars

A superhero plant that could thrive on the Red Planet.

July 10, 2024

Don’t Miss the Electric Clouds This Summer

Climate change and rocket exhaust are seeding a light show in the northern skies.

July 9, 2024

The Perpetual Quest for a Truth Machine

Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.

July 8, 2024