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Yes, There Is a Science to Shopping

Five tips to help you navigate the holiday craze with cunning and skill.

November 24, 2023

Giving Thanks for Whales

Some of our favorite stories about those marvelous marine mammals.

November 23, 2023

Digging for Our Origins in the Bone Beds of an African Park

In their search for the last common ancestor of chimps and humans, scientists at Gorongosa National Park are expanding the picture of early primate life.

November 22, 2023

You Can Have Too Much Transcendence

Just ask this religious scholar who took 73 high-dose LSD trips.

November 22, 2023

When AI Hallucinates

Let’s not praise inaccuracy as creativity.

November 21, 2023

Resurrecting an Extinct Animal as a Robot

A soft robot replica solves a mystery about the evolution of movement.

November 21, 2023

What Should We Do With an Old Sea Shanty? 

Grappling with the complicated legacy of an unexpectedly popular musical genre.

November 20, 2023

The Virtues of Not Knowing

How relishing uncertainty can make us better thinkers and neighbors.

November 20, 2023

Cryptographers Solve Decades-Old Privacy Problem

We are one step closer to fully private internet searches.

November 17, 2023

My 3 Greatest Revelations

Joseph LeDoux on writing his new book, "The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human."

November 17, 2023

Nature’s Invisibility Cloak

Meet the sea creatures with real powers to go unseen.

November 16, 2023

A Dubious Cure for Ocean Plastics

Popular removal methods might do more harm than good.

November 16, 2023