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The First Male Neanderthal Genome

Genetic insights from a 110,000-year-old individual recovered from a cave in Siberia

May 5, 2026

For Every Patient Their Own Drug

Patients with exceedingly rare genetic diseases fall through the cracks of the medical system. This doctor is designing drugs for them, one at a time.

May 4, 2026

Nature’s Overlooked Role in National Security

A conversation with an ecologist and a national security expert about the underappreciated risks posed by ecological disruption

May 4, 2026

Our Human Ancestors Dined on Takeout

Why early hominins opted for the to-go option

May 4, 2026

What Hurt This Jurassic Sea Monster?

The ichthyosaurs had some tremendous survival skills

May 1, 2026

Farewell to a Giant of Botany

Peter Raven, the transformative conservationist and father of “coevolution,” passed away this week

May 1, 2026

Uncovering Hidden Martian Glaciers With Drones

We know they’re there, we just don’t know how deep they are

May 1, 2026

How Does Your Brain Know a Cat Is a Cat?

A conversation with renowned neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Earl Miller about categories, “folk psychology,” beginner’s mind, and thinking fast and slow

May 1, 2026

Here’s Why Dreams During Naps Are So Weird

And what it has to do with Thomas Edison

May 1, 2026

The Rapid Evolution of Giant Daisies

They’re the botanical versions of Darwin’s finches

April 30, 2026