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We Didn’t Evolve for This

A lesson from the animal kingdom on why COVID-19 is so deadly to humans.

January 6, 2021

Why Humans Wage War

War is purposeful and calculating. The more organized we are, the better we get at fighting.

January 6, 2021

How to Bury Carbon? Let Plants Do the Dirty Work

Carbon sequestration could slow or reverse human emissions—and nothing is better at sequestration than a green plant.

December 30, 2020

The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes

Mistletoes have all but shut down the powerhouses of their cells. Scientists are still trying to understand the plants’ unorthodox survival strategy.

December 23, 2020

Fish in the 21st Century: The Good, the Bad, and the Hopeful

Will our relations with fish ever catch up to our knowledge?

December 22, 2020

Reading, That Strange and Uniquely Human Thing

How we evolved to read is a story of one creative species.

December 22, 2020

Astronomers Get Their Wish, and a Cosmic Crisis Gets Worse

We don’t know why the universe appears to be expanding faster than it should. New ultra-precise distance measurements have only intensified the problem.

December 18, 2020

Making Climate Change Policy More Blue

A new push for attention to coastal communities, marine conservation, and ocean infrastructure

December 16, 2020