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Are We Trashing Earth’s Loneliest Spot?
Point Nemo, the most remote location on the planet, is serving as humanity’s cosmic junkyard
Chimps Can Change Their Minds. Why Can’t We?
New evidence that rationality is wider than humanity
“Tiny T. Rex” Makes Big Waves in Paleontology Community
The discovery marks the end of an “acrimonious” debate
Ode to the Jellyfish
A look at some of the strange creatures, in celebration of World Jellyfish Day
Your Exclamation Points Speak Volumes!
Employing this most excitable of punctuation marks changes how its writer is perceived
Neanderthals May Have Invented the Original Crayon
The most concrete evidence of the tools this human ancestor used to doodle
Why Do Spiders Decorate Their Webs? A New Piece of the Puzzle
Scientists take another step toward unraveling a tangled web
Fentanyl’s Deadly Recipe
The chemistry behind the synthetic opioid at the center of global trade tensions
The 19th-Century Entomologist Who Dreamed Up Daylight Savings
Hungry for more light to find insects, this scientist championed the “unscientific and impractical” idea of changing time
