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Awash in Sea of Data, Ecologists Turn to Open Access Tools

To assess the ocean’s health, ecology’s “rugged individualists” learned to get with the big data program.

May 25, 2017

The Mathematics of Juggling

Juggling has advanced enormously in recent decades, thanks in part to the mathematical study of possible patterns.

May 25, 2017

The Oldest Problem in American Prisons

U.S. prisons aren’t prepared for an inmate population that is getting older and sicker.

May 23, 2017

Are You a Self-Interrupter?

Distraction in the technology age.

A Linguist Responds to Cormac McCarthy

If language began as a virus, here’s how it spread.

May 23, 2017

The Physicist Who Denies Dark Matter

Maybe Newtonian physics doesn’t need dark matter to work.

May 17, 2017

If ET Calls, Think Twice About Answering

Why some say searching for ET is best done quietly.

May 16, 2017