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How Can Science Be More Creative?

One question for Ruth Morgan, a professor of crime and forensic sciences at University College London.

June 5, 2023

What to Wear in the Next Pandemic

Could a spacesuit designed for Mars help us quarantine on Earth?

June 5, 2023

The Cellist and the Physicist

A conversation between Yo-Yo Ma and Fabiola Gianotti.

June 2, 2023

What Hallucinogens Will Make You See

8 ways psychedelics distort our vision.

June 1, 2023

Were These Caves Licked into Place?

Some of the Earth’s hardest features have been shaped by soft animal bodies.

June 1, 2023

A New View of the Martian Globe

This map of Mars provides an in-depth look at its expansive geography and topography.

Finding the Color of an Empire

What a particular shade of black can teach us about an ancient civilization.

Welcome to The Porthole

Short sharp looks at science.

June 1, 2023

Saturn’s Rings Could Be Younger Than Flowers

We’re lucky that a relatively recent catastrophe created the gas-giant spectacle.

May 31, 2023

The Mystery of the Largest Light in the Sea

This giant squid has the world’s biggest light-producing organs. But why?

May 31, 2023

Who Should Make the Rules That Govern AI?

One question for Laura Weidinger and Iason Gabriel, research scientists at Google DeepMind.

May 29, 2023

Global Warming Could Make Some Fish Less Nutritious

The nutrient composition of ocean life is changing.

May 26, 2023