Skip to Content

blog

These Aren’t Your Pharoah’s Mummies

Other cultures across Asia were preserving their dead for millennia before the Egyptians

September 16, 2025

The Dinos’ Demise Gave Rivers Their Shape

Their extinction left an indelible mark on the landscape

September 16, 2025

Long Lives Helped Early Humans Thrive

Michael Gurven on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer

September 16, 2025

DNA’s Death Notice

See original manuscripts, letters, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling

September 15, 2025

We Owe It All to Figs

Our primate ancestors' love of the complex fruit changed the world

September 15, 2025

Does Musical Taste Narrow with Age?

What 450 million song plays tell us about how our listening habits evolve

September 12, 2025

Scientists Are People, Too

Can humanizing scientists help win back public trust?

September 11, 2025

Shark Teeth Are Crumbling

As ocean acidity grows, it’s eating into their gnashers

September 11, 2025

Rogue Wave Mystery Solved

Each leviathan of the deep has a signature that can be used to forecast it

September 10, 2025

These Carnivorous Bats Are Softies

They are fond of cuddle balls and rear their children for years

September 10, 2025

Where Will the Sloths Go?

Their habitat is disappearing as humans encroach

September 10, 2025