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Why We Reject New Ideas

What Shark Tank pitches, Sundance films, and unusual sandwiches show us about our choices.

January 29, 2024

Beetle Mania: The World’s Most Diverse Animal

There are five times as many beetle species as fish, reptile, bird, amphibian, and mammal species combined.

January 26, 2024

The Enlightening Beauty of an Einstein Ring

What a trippy gravitational phenomenon can tell us about the universe.

January 25, 2024

“It’s Like You’re a Space Explorer Encountering Aliens”

Scientists can now study species in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean.

January 25, 2024

Tropical Forests in Big Trouble

Over a third of all species of trees on the planet may face extinction.

January 24, 2024

What Can We Hear in Space?

The music of the cosmos is stranger than you think.

January 23, 2024

Who Controls Your Thoughts?

Our minds are being coerced in covert ways.

January 22, 2024

Why I See Static Everywhere

What we know about a mysterious condition called visual snow.

January 22, 2024

The Landslide Problem

Where natural disasters are getting more deadly.

January 19, 2024

Thinking About God May Encourage Risk-Taking

How faith can provide a psychological safety net.

January 18, 2024

Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging

When mitochondria stop communicating, the biological clock starts winding down.

January 17, 2024

Creative AIs Depend on Creative Humans

In the near future, it may be the other way around.

January 17, 2024