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Alan Lightman’s three greatest revelations while writing The Miraculous from the Material.

How a flashy opal inspired artist Tyler Thrasher's new book.

It only takes four neurons to achieve big things.

The internet is a series of tubes. In the ocean.

Metals and minerals from industry can trigger snowfall over hundreds of miles.

Was the Fat Catfish ever really there at all?

What Carl Linneaus can teach us about animal appetites.

"It’s not about what’s out there, it’s about your perception of what’s out there."

Fewer male sea turtles are being born. What does that mean for the future?

What we can learn about growing old from a tiny aquatic monster.

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard on the inspiration for his latest novel and his turn to sci-fi.

You sit down on a sandy dune and tilt your head back.