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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.
How a Hurricane Brought Monkeys Together
This island of macaques rebuilt their social networks after calamity.
The Astonishing Ways Animals Use Social Networks
Lee Alan Dugatkin on his 3 greatest revelations while writing The Well-Connected Animal.
A Buffer Zone for Trees
How frosty pockets in valleys could help protect some trees against climate change.
A Scientist Walks Into a Bar …
How comedy plays on our emotions to fight misinformation.
How Melting Ice Has Altered Time-Keeping
Climate change could upend how we synchronize global clocks forever.
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.











