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The winner of 2023’s Best Illusion of the Year contest on the nature of science and magic.

Caterpillars are a remarkable bellwether of environmental changes.

Nuclear winter is scary as hell. Spread the word.

The 20th century’s deadliest pandemic launched medical thinking in a dramatically new direction.

It’s not that we like EVs more. They’re just way better now.

How the wager between a neuroscientist and a philosopher will keep paying off.

By measuring inflated helium nuclei, physicists have challenged our best understanding of the force that binds protons and neutrons.

The dangerous chemistry of cheaply made lithium batteries.

Ionized air and wires may take headphones to the next level.

They’re not all magical and entangled. These fungi will kill you.

For cyclists, it’s a drag when you don’t shave your legs.

Researchers are studying their extraordinary flight patterns to help us build tiny aircraft and protect global ecosystems.