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Stalagmites Offer Clues to Maya Mystery

Chemical fingerprints point to reason for collapse

August 14, 2025

They Came for Climate Science. Then the Storms Came.

The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts

August 13, 2025

Flat Earthers on a Cruise

How evolution wired us to act against our own best interests

August 13, 2025

Is Solving the Plastic Problem a Moral Issue?

The Dalai Lama, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Vatican weigh in

August 13, 2025

Can Humanity Stem the Plastic Tide?

Plastic pollution is costing the world $1.5 trillion a year in health-related losses

August 12, 2025

How to Restore a Rembrandt

It takes more than good chemistry

August 12, 2025

First Views of the Perseid Meteor Shower

An early peep for this year’s peak

These Spiders Kill with Their Vomit

Unlike most spiders, they lack venom-filled fangs

August 12, 2025

Orchids Thrive Among the Dead

Cemeteries are a gravely overlooked habitat for wild orchids in Europe

August 11, 2025

Spying the Medusa Slayer’s Meteor Shower

The annual Perseid shower spectacle is back—here's how to view it and where it comes from

August 10, 2025

A Brief History of mRNA Vaccines

When vaccine research funding is cut, people will die

August 8, 2025

The Philosophy of Tyranny

What a formative period in Plato's life tells us about US politics today

August 8, 2025