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Tame Your Climate Anxiety in 2024

A poet invited people to share their climate fears. What she found surprised her.

December 28, 2023

Earth May Not Be Toast

When our sun expands into a giant red star, it might not devour its third planet, after all.

December 28, 2023

How Earth Once Cooled Off

A geological discovery shows how carbon was captured to chill the planet.

December 27, 2023

We Were Born to Groove

Babies dig the beat, a new study shows, offering a cool insight into the origin of music.

December 26, 2023

The Most Beautiful Science of the Year

These are a few of our favorite things from 2023.

December 22, 2023

We’re Biased Against AI-Made Art

And that could be a good thing.

December 22, 2023

A Day in the Life of a Fossil Preparator

Recreating the past requires as much art and craft as science.

December 21, 2023

Stop Worrying About Deepfakes

Where many see the death of reality on the internet, this hacker-turned-Notre Dame professor sees communion.

December 20, 2023

Will Psychedelics Replace Antidepressants?

Psychedelic treatment is helping patients make difficult emotional breakthroughs.

December 20, 2023

Why We Sense Somebody Who Isn’t There

When expectations aren’t met, our brains spook us.

December 19, 2023

Your Brain Wants a Linear Story

Artists may jumble time for dramatic effect. But your unconscious is always putting the narrative in order.

December 19, 2023

Tracking the Lion Poachers

Forensic science comes to wildlife law enforcement.

December 18, 2023