Charles Digges

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    We’ve Got the Beat—in Our Genes

    How much we enjoy music, and in what ways, is heritable

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    Whales Run Aground by the Sun

    Is the fault of whale strandings partially in the stars?

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    The Collective Power of Ants

    A group of ants beats a group of humans at problem solving

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    Your Data’s Strange Undersea Voyage

    The internet is a series of tubes. In the ocean.

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    Digging Into the First Work of Modern Ecology

    What Carl Linneaus can teach us about animal appetites.

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    The Mystery of the Cosmic Radio Globs

    What violent galaxy smashups may have wrought across the universe.

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    Tanning With the Stars

    Since we can’t travel to the stars, this philosophical trickster brings them to us.

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    The Internet Might Be Good for Us

    One study suggests that, on a global scale, it’s associated with greater happiness.

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    How Melting Ice Has Altered Time-Keeping

    Climate change could upend how we synchronize global clocks forever.

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    Viva la Library!

    Rebel against The Algorithm. Get a library card.