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A Radical Rescue for Caribbean Reefs
Can transplants help Caribbean corals avert collapse?
The Soviet Rebel of Music
He composed on a computer in a dangerous time. His echo is still heard today.
The Animals That Turn Bodily Fluids into Weapons
Four explosive tales of blood, spit, and venom.
How Whales Could Help Us Speak to Aliens
Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.
Making Light of Gravity
Physicist Claudia de Rham on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity.
The Feminist Botanist
A 19th-century tale of hermaphrodite flowers, Charles Darwin, and women’s right to vote.
The Shark Whisperer
Donald Nelson spent his life undoing the damage that Jaws did to the perception of sharks.
Nine Rebel Astronomy Theories That Went Dark
Bright ideas from astronomy’s biggest stars haven’t always worked out.
