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In Search of Life’s Smoking Gun

A journey to the underwater volcanoes where life may have erupted.

June 25, 2014

Do We Have the Big Bang Theory All Wrong?

One physicist’s radical reinterpretation of the cosmic microwave background.

June 25, 2014

NASA Is Going to Dip This Cup Into the Sun’s Corona

A 2018 mission will send a probe to within 4 million miles of the sun.

June 25, 2014

Are You Resilient?

Take this quiz and learn the keys to bouncing back.

June 25, 2014

If Trauma Victims Forget, What Is Lost to Society?

A pill to dampen memories stirs hope and worry.

June 25, 2014

Can You Die From a Broken Heart?

What happens to our bodies when the bonds of love are breached.

June 25, 2014

Fruits and Vegetables Are Trying to Kill You

Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.

Your Brain Is On the Brink of Chaos

Neurological evidence for chaos in the nervous system is growing.

June 25, 2014

Dude, Where’s My Frontal Cortex?

There’s a method to the madness of the teenage brain.

June 25, 2014

The Man Who Delayed D-Day

The eminent oceanographer Walter Munk reflects on science and war.

June 25, 2014

The Scientific Problem That Must Be Experienced

To understand turbulence we need the intuitive perspective of art.

June 25, 2014

How Does Turbulence Get Started?

The high stakes of solving one of science’s most obstinate problems.

June 25, 2014