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Dolphins Are Helping Us Hunt for Aliens
Researchers look to dolphins as a model for alien intelligence.
The Contagion Detective
Adam Kucharski explains how diseases like COVID-19 and misinformation spread.
The Damage We’re Not Attending To
Scientists who study complex systems offer solutions to the pandemic.
The Things We Can’t Control Are Beautiful
How Maria Konnikova found enlightenment at the poker table.
This Philosophical Argument Convinced People to Give More to Charity
How much would you pay to prevent your own child becoming blind?
Jellyfish Genome Hints That Complexity Isn’t Genetically Complex
Jellyfish didn’t need novel genes to take an evolutionary leap in complexity.
The Black Sheep of Black Holes
This potential member of the cosmic zoo may explain a lot about how the cosmos is structured.
The Idea of Entropy Has Led Us Astray
Let’s stop hustling as if the world is running toward disorder.
Uncovering the Spark of Life
What finding life on Mars could tell us about our own origins.
The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for COVID-19
Herd immunity differs from place to place, and many factors influence how it’s calculated.
Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Handed DNA
Cosmic rays may have given right-handed genetic helixes an evolutionary edge at the beginning of life’s history.
