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Why Hasn’t Evolution Made Another Platypus?

The debate over whether evolution is predictable or haphazard.

September 11, 2017

Google Thought I Was a Man

How Facebook and Google build a picture of who you really are.

September 9, 2017

A Letter to Einstein from the Future

Two Princeton physicists catch Albert up.

The Math That Promises to Make the World Brighter

The color of LED lights is controlled by a clumsy process. A new mathematical discovery may make it easier for us to get the hues we want.

September 7, 2017

How We Cope with the End of Nature

As our environment crumbles, we seek solace in animatronic moose.

September 6, 2017

The Oldest Mini-Brains Have Lifelike Young Cells

“Organoid” brain tissue models grown in a lab for two years can help scientists study a critical period of development just before and after birth.

September 5, 2017

For Astronomers, Neutron Star Merger Could Eclipse Eclipse

Even as the solar eclipse was mesmerizing millions, astronomers were training their space- and land-based telescopes on a far more violent astrophysical event.

September 5, 2017