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A Snaky Use for CRISPR
Indiana Jones would love to hear about this new application for the gene-editing technology. -
The Unpredictability of Life
Why academic outcomes resist machine learning. -
The Elegant Math of Machine Learning
Anil Ananthaswamy’s 3 greatest revelations while writing Why Machines Learn. -
There Will Be Blood
Confronting the ethical and ecological dilemma over culling animals for conservation. -
Underwater Harmony and Chaos
These birds are diving fools. -
The Lion Who Would Save the World
An anthropologist shows how bonding with another species could help humans come together. -
The Odds That Aliens Exist Just Got Worse
How geology resolves the Fermi paradox. -
Ray Kurzweil Still Lives in Utopia
The futurist doubles down on the Singularity in his latest book. -
I Heard the Wild Donkey Bray
On the trail of a new understanding of invasive species. -
The New Science of Animal Minds
The author on writing his new book Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-Than-Human World. -
What Happened to Ancient Megafauna?
Recent studies show it wasn’t the climate that did them in. -
Tanning With the Stars
Since we can’t travel to the stars, this philosophical trickster brings them to us.
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The Conservationist’s New Best Friend
With their astounding sense of smell, dogs are helping to sniff out ecological trouble.
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Don’t Miss the Electric Clouds This Summer
Climate change and rocket exhaust are seeding a light show in the northern skies.
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How We Solved the Hole in the Ozone
A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis. -
March of the Spider Orchids
This flower uses sexual deception to spread. -
Big Brother of the Brain Is Here
A behavioral neurologist spells out the danger. -
The Unexpected Music of a Coral Reef
Listen to the carnival sounds of a healthy reef. -
The Stars Foretell Our Doom
Post-apocalyptic star systems could reveal the fate of our own.