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2281 articles-
What Makes an Opera Star Stand Out?
A singular quality unifies favorites -
How Rodents Spread Across the Earth
One little appendage may have played a very large part -
Has Culture Overtaken Genes in Human Evolution?
How we adapt is shifting -
Gaia’s Got a Fever
An aging Earth, like an aging body, is increasingly vulnerable to heat’s fatal strikes -
Long Lives Helped Early Humans Thrive
Michael Gurven on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer
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These Aren’t Your Pharoah’s Mummies
Other cultures across Asia were preserving their dead for millennia before the Egyptians
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DNA’s Death Notice
See original manuscripts, letters, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling
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Does Musical Taste Narrow with Age?
What 450 million song plays tell us about how our listening habits evolve
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Scientists Are People, Too
Can humanizing scientists help win back public trust? -
Shark Teeth Are Crumbling
As ocean acidity grows, it’s eating into their gnashers -
Why I Became a Birdwatcher
Learning to look past indifference and into the mystery of life -
Where Will the Sloths Go?
Their habitat is disappearing as humans encroach -
These Carnivorous Bats Are Softies
They are fond of cuddle balls and rear their children for years
