Bob Grant
Is the Moon Worth Mining?
Lunar riches may lie in wait. But securing the bounty may be a logistical nightmare.
Can Lichen Light the Way to Dinosaur Finds?
The bold idea to enlist satellites in the search for fossils
Have We Learned King Tut’s Lessons?
Just over a century ago today, British archaeologists discovered the entrance to the Ancient Egyptian monarch’s tomb … eventually scattering its treasures far and wide
Are We Trashing Earth’s Loneliest Spot?
Point Nemo, the most remote location on the planet, is serving as humanity’s cosmic junkyard
Your Exclamation Points Speak Volumes!
Employing this most excitable of punctuation marks changes how its writer is perceived
Neanderthals May Have Invented the Original Crayon
The most concrete evidence of the tools this human ancestor used to doodle
The Oldest Female Chimp in Captivity Dies
RIP, Susie
Fentanyl’s Deadly Recipe
The chemistry behind the synthetic opioid at the center of global trade tensions
The 19th-Century Entomologist Who Dreamed Up Daylight Savings
Hungry for more light to find insects, this scientist championed the “unscientific and impractical” idea of changing time