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We Were Here

How advanced civilizations could leave us a message of their presence.

May 6, 2022

A Voice for Minorities in Aquaculture

Imani Black is working to bring people of color into marine conservation and production.

May 4, 2022

We Better Think Twice About What We Say to ET

Extraterrestrials could take our intergalactic message in entirely the wrong way.

May 4, 2022

“I Have to Admit, I Have a Very Low Opinion of Human Beings”

Why the father of neuroscience, toward the end of his career, preferred to study ants.

May 4, 2022

He Fast-Forwarded Evolution into the Future

Forty years ago, a paleontologist pictured Earth millions of years from now. His vision is a wake-up call for us today.

April 27, 2022

What Lurks in a Drowned Forest in Alabama?

The next miracle drug might be hiding in a primeval undersea forest.

April 25, 2022

A Viral Twitter Thread Reawakens the Dark History of Anthropology

I’m an anthropologist and rarely have I seen such a harmful mix of inaccuracies and stereotypes about Indigenous people.

April 21, 2022

The Return of New York Harbor’s Oysters

This entrepreneur plans to revive the famous urban ecosystem with a billion oysters.

April 20, 2022

Free Will, Illustrated

Does the body rule the mind? Or does the mind rule the body?

April 19, 2022

Researchers Gain New Understanding From Simple AI

Language processing programs are notoriously hard to interpret, but smaller versions can provide important insights into how they work.

April 15, 2022

As Creation Stories Go, the Big Bang Is a Good One

How science is like mythology when it pushes the boundaries of the known.

April 15, 2022

The Machiavellians of the Animal Kingdom

Want to see a power play in a group? Behold the mongoose.

April 13, 2022