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Life Always Wins. Follow Me
A botanist is introduced to escapees from the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
The ‘Weirdest’ Matter, Made of Partial Particles, Defies Description
Theorists are in a frenzy over “fractons,” bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another.
DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.
The DNA of some viruses doesn’t use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this exception is possible and hints that it could be more common than we think.
Going Deep With Hadal Zone Expert Alan Jamieson
This British scientist explores terrain 35,000 feet below the surface—and has some advice for the landlubbers.
Reports of a Baleful Internet Are Greatly Exaggerated
Our digital technologies can in fact be cognitive aids.
Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See
It’s time to retire the hierarchical classification of living things.
Hidden in Plain Sight
How a trail of plastic waste might help us find the mysterious Velella
Here’s the Right Story for Vaccine Holdouts
Two public health experts explain how to cut through the noise about COVID-19 vaccines.