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The Kinship Issue
Connection is primal. -
How Big Is Your Family?
Living with a Papua New Guinea tribe in the ’80s presented this anthropologist with a question for today. -
Star Siblings Tell Tales of Galactic Chaos
Stellar bodies from other galaxies are all around us. -
Why Do Animals Adopt?
Taking responsibility for another’s young reveals the deep evolutionary roots of care. -
When Songbird Couples Split
A warming climate may cause more bird couples to break up. -
Is Technology Worthy of Our Faith?
Harvard and MIT humanist chaplain Greg M. Epstein on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Tech Agnostic. -
An Archaeological Reckoning
Jennifer Raff is on a mission to rewrite the history of human origins in the Americas. -
Voyagers Ready to Go Dark
Earth’s most distant space probes prepare for their inevitable long night. -
The Vanishing Coast of Louisiana
Timelapse photographs documenting life on the bayou. -
An Artful Seduction
Bowerbirds arrange flowers, dung, and shotgun shells to create elaborate love shacks. -
That Healing Sound
When music is medicine. -
The New Climate Math on Hurricanes
For the first time, we can calculate how much climate change impacts a single storm’s severity.
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When Work Is Play
Patchen Barss on his 3 greatest revelations while writing The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius.
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Plagues, Taxes, Storms, and the Jet Stream
What 700 years of historical data can tell us about extreme weather.
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The Once and Future Woods
Cathedrals, seed banks, and oaks: How to live in times of change. -
The Power of Small Wonderments
Alan Lightman’s three greatest revelations while writing The Miraculous from the Material. -
Color Makes the Universe
How a flashy opal inspired artist Tyler Thrasher’s new book. -
The Rituals of Art, Science, and Superstition
A conversation with Issue 58 cover artist Ellen Weinstein. -
The Power of Small Brain Networks
It only takes four neurons to achieve big things.
