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Wind or Water? Hurricane Harvey’s Most Destructive Force
How science can help us prepare for hurricanes, and rebuild after them.
Playing Video Games Makes Us Fully Human
No other media meets our emotional and social needs like electronic games.
Why We Need Court Jesters in Space
Behavioral scientists explain why Mars missions need humor.
The Mushroom’s Small Stature and Subtle Strength
A microbial ecologist reflects on Sylvia Plath’s “Mushrooms.”
Why Most Planets Will Either Be Lush or Dead
The Gaia hypothesis implies that once alien life takes hold, it will flourish.
When We Were the Cosmos
The director of the Griffith Observatory revisits the dawn of astronomy.
The Spirit of the Inquisition Lives in Science
What a 16th-century scientist can tell us about the fate of a physicist like David Bohm.
