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Whales Run Aground by the Sun
Is the fault of whale strandings partially in the stars? -
Moon Marbles Hint at Lunar Depths
A mantle-rocking asteroid impact could have made curious glass beads on the surface -
Enlisting Paparazzi to Save a Gigantic Fish
Crowd-sourced data on the giant sea bass suggest it’s making a rebound -
Maybe I Am the Asshole?
What a popular subreddit can tell us about everyday morality -
AI Could Help Humans Understand Animals
But are animal dictionaries enough to demystify the animal mind? -
5 Devious Ways People Made Bugs Into Bombs
Insects are among the oldest of weaponry -
Poetry Gives Us Power
How Marianne Moore’s poem The Fish helps us see the world more clearly -
Plant Sex and the City
Plants around the world are adapting their reproductive strategies to survive on an increasingly urban planet -
Storm Chasers on the Hail Trail
The quest to map a costly weather phenomenon -
Feather Forensics Could Help Nab Poachers
Chemical analysis of a bird’s feathers offers a reliable way to tell whether it was captive-born or wild-caught -
Sailing Weather Gets Weird
Despite the latest forecasting science, climate change threw a wrench into this writer’s latest seafaring voyage -
Conspiracy Theorists Can Be Deprogrammed
AI-delivered evidence might be better at changing minds than you are
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The Most Charming Villain in the Sky
Author Mike Stark on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing his new book about starlings
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Sea Sponges on the Move
The bioengineers of the deep are inching their way into an expanding role in ecosystem change
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The Genetics of Putrid-Smelling Flowers
Some plants lure pollinators with the stench of decay using a gene related to one that fights odor in human breath
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The Case of the Curious Butterfly
How a newly named species has survived in tiny numbers for 40,000 years -
Why Germs Love Our Collective Amnesia
Author Thomas Levenson on writing his new book So Very Small about humanity’s struggle to accept germs’ threats -
A Cicada Fossil Surprise
A new glimpse into their ancient history -
The Woman Who Saw Birds as Individuals
Len Howard opened her cottage—and our eyes—to the birds -
The Body Has a Head
You have never read a science book like this
