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Puberty Hasn’t Changed Since the Ice Age
The blueprint was set at least 25,000 years ago. -
When Do Kids Start Playing Pretend?
It’s complicated. -
When Einstein and Kafka Met
Imagining a conversation between the two great minds. -
7 Famous Fossil Hoaxes
How scientists over history excavated the fakes. -
How History Did the Dodo Wrong
Who are you calling inept and unfit? -
An Artist on Why AI Isn’t the End of Art
A conversation with Issue 56 cover artist Chris Buzelli. -
Feeling Gravity’s Pull
Two theoretical physicists have a lively conversation about how abstract concepts can feel down-to-Earth. -
The Stealthy Assassin Robberfly
Don’t underestimate this slender predator from the British grasslands. -
Falling Down a Rabbit Hole in Real Life
Neurologists are just beginning to understand Alice in Wonderland syndrome. -
We’re Bad at Understanding Our Political Opponents
Even when we think we know them, we don’t. -
A Movie Camera for the Cosmos
The Rubin observatory will allow scientists to see how the cosmos has evolved over time. -
Our Morals Change with the Seasons
How our sense of what’s right and wrong fluctuates through the year.
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How to Find Baby Sharks
Where do shark moms give birth? Remarkably, scientists are just figuring it out.
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Our Memories Are Stored in Triplicate
Parallel copies allow recollections to be both stable and adaptable.
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The First Good Glimpse of the Earth’s Mantle
The deepest extract from the middle layer of the Earth offers a wonderland of insights.
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How Disease Really Spread in the Americas
New evidence suggests it was slower than we thought. -
From Rats to Riches
How removing invasive species helped restore an island. -
A Critical Moment for Corals
Half the world’s corals have been lost to warming waters—new research looks to protect what remains. -
Einstein’s Other Theory of Everything
After Einstein explained gravity as a consequence of curved spacetime, he tried to explain matter the same way. -
The Strange Rise of Daydreaming
Why people become addicted to fantasy lives.
