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Life Lessons from Hell-House Venus
How our inhospitable neighbor can help us find life elsewhere.
We’re Polluting Our Forests—with Noise
Are hiking and biking incompatible with protecting wildlife?
A New Way to Predict Earthquakes
Using geometry to figure out where the next big one will strike.
The Most Unlikely Migration
17 million insects cross the Pyrenees each year, with enormous impacts on the environment.
A Reality Check on Superhuman AI
What’s missing from a bold new prediction of rapid progress in artificial intelligence.
The Force Was with Them
My generation of filmmakers shook up cinema forever. Where are history’s periodic surges of creativity taking us?
How Life Made Our Earth
Ferris Jabr’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his book, Becoming Earth.
The Cognitive Magic of “Hi”
How a simple word illuminates children’s cognitive development and linguistic creativity.











