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A Model Toadlet
A tiny, charismatic frog in Brazil is revealing secrets of a killer fungus. -
An A to Z of Hungry Killer Whales
This unique community of orcas is starving to death. -
Falling in Love with a Fly
My Octopus Teacher’s Craig Foster considers the uncharismatic. -
A Cosmic Glitch in Gravity
Is gravity weaker over distances of billions of light-years? -
Crying Wolf in an Age of Alarms
The human costs of faulty disaster warnings.
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The Case for Scientific Transculturalism
Life will stand a better chance against climate change if we mix big- and small-picture thinking.
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How a Hurricane Brought Monkeys Together
This island of macaques rebuilt their social networks after calamity.
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The Astonishing Ways Animals Use Social Networks
Lee Alan Dugatkin on his 3 greatest revelations while writing The Well-Connected Animal.
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A Buffer Zone for Trees
How frosty pockets in valleys could help protect some trees against climate change.
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How Melting Ice Has Altered Time-Keeping
Climate change could upend how we synchronize global clocks forever. -
Discovering the First Other Earths
Inside the hunt for habitable planets. -
Color-Coding Crops for Climate Change
Novel ways to use gene-editing to make farming more sustainable. -
What Counts as Consciousness
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria. -
The Curious Life of a Singing Fish
Plainfin midshipman fish migrate from the deep sea to spawn—and then things get weird.
