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issue_41

Ingenious: Richard Dawkins

The evolutionary biologist reads Robert Frost.

October 21, 2016

The Martians Are Coming—and They’re Human

How settling Mars could create a new human species.

October 21, 2016

Plastic Is the Ocean’s New Junk Food

By 2050, it’s likely that plastic in the oceans will outweigh all the oceans’ fish.

October 17, 2016

There May Be Two Trillion Other Galaxies

Every point in the sky contains part of a galaxy.

October 13, 2016

The Trouble with Milk

Only 1 in 3 people have evolved tolerance to lactose.

October 13, 2016

Only Street Dogs Are Real Dogs

Purebreds don’t satisfy the biological definition of a species.

There Are No True Rebels

We follow others no matter how hard we try.

October 13, 2016

What Counts as Science?

The arXiv preprint service is trying to answer an age-old question.

October 13, 2016