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The Stream Animals Thriving After a Megafire
Oregon fish and amphibians are surprisingly resilient -
How to Taste More Intensely
A tasting boot camp appeared to boost people’s taste buds -
Eat Like a Neanderthal
Science-inspired recipes to help you dine like our evolutionary cousins -
The Taste of Prehistory
Three recipes our Neanderthal cousins might have enjoyed -
How to Tell if Someone’s Really Listening
The eyes adjust to help us focus as we chat
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Did Humans or Climate Push the Neanderthals Over the Edge?
A new model of what went down in one of the Neanderthals’ last holdouts
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Is the Mistletoe That inspires Holiday Smooching A Menace to Trees?
Study shows that parasitic mistletoe doesn’t hurt host trees in Oregon
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What Does Evolutionary Age Have to Do with a Species’ Extinction?
Younger species of sharks and rays were more likely to die out
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This Meal Might Bring You to Tears
Experimental psychologist Charles Spence on how our senses shape how we eat
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These “Living Rocks” Are Living It Up
Unassuming ancient microbe communities are surprisingly skilled at storing away lots of carbon -
Monster Stars Roamed the Cosmos at the Dawn of Time
“A bit like dinosaurs on Earth—they were enormous and primitive” -
The Nautilus Winter Reading List 2025
Ten books we loved to start your new year off right. -
Does Your Personality Put You At a Higher Risk of Dying?
Taking stock of your foibles could extend your life -
These Fatal Gauntlets Kill Thousands of Endangered Seabirds Every Year
Study maps the deadly areas where birds cross paths with fishing vessels
