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Why We’re a Lot Better at Fighting Cancer Than We Realized
Using data-mining techniques, doctors have discovered dozens of anti-tumor drugs hiding in plain sight.
There’s a World Living on Every Loggerhead
Scientists from Darwin on have marveled at how these sea turtles transport other species across the ocean. New research suggests they're even better at it than we thought.
Mathematicians Will Never Stop Proving the Prime Number Theorem
Why do mathematicians enjoy proving the same results in different ways?
The Grace of Manta Rays
New research suggests that manta rays aren’t just solitary ocean wanderers. They’re also shaping the undersea environment in ways we never imagined
The Brave New World of Chemical Romance
How love drugs will shape the future of our relationships.
How Earth’s Climate Changes Naturally (and Why Things Are Different Now)
Earth’s climate has fluctuated through deep time, pushed by these 10 different causes. Here’s how each compares with modern climate change.
This Animal Hides Using—& Is Kept Up by—Its Own Glowing Head
The Hawaiian bobtail squid uses an interesting camouflage strategy.
How Gödel’s Proof Works
His incompleteness theorems destroyed the search for a mathematical theory of everything. Nearly a century later, we’re still coming to grips with the consequences.
Horror Fans Have More Fun During a Pandemic
Why shows like “The Walking Dead” might help us cope with the real thing.