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Communication

The Sean Carrolls Explain the Universe

Why are we here? Is there life on other planets? The renowned scientists who share a name share their answers to life’s big questions.
- By John Steele
- December 20, 2024
Evolution

We Are Light-Eaters

The language we share with plants—and all life under the sun.
- By Holly Haworth
- December 18, 2024
Evolution

Back to the Galapagos

A visit with evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant.
- By Jonathan Weiner
- December 17, 2024

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- Environment
This Ocean Wave Has Rights
- By Kristen French
- December 16, 2024
- The Kinship Issue
The true meaning of legal protection for nature.
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- Philosophy
Meet My Pal, the Ancient Philosopher
- By Helen De Cruz
- December 13, 2024
- The Kinship Issue
How friendship with long-dead thinkers can help us live better.
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- Arts
Reviving Mayan Blue
- By Elena Kazamia
- December 13, 2024
- The Kinship Issue
A Mexican artist rediscovers a lost color sacred to his ancestors.
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- Technology
AI Is the Black Mirror
- By Philip Ball
- December 11, 2024
- The Kinship Issue
Why the kinship between artificial intelligence and the human mind is terrifying.
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- Anthropology
How Big Is Your Family?
- By Harvey Whitehouse
- December 9, 2024
- The Kinship Issue
Living with a Papua New Guinea tribe in the ’80s presented this anthropologist with a question for today.