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Deep in the ocean abyss, xenophyophores are worlds unto themselves.

What is lost when we lose in-person learning.

Getting to the core of today’s social acrimony.

Marine biologist Heather Koldewey on conservation, seahorses, and cross-discipline work.

Why science changes everything.

Music brings us together to show us how different we are.

There may be more than one way to tune a universe for life.

His dream of feeding the world died in prison. His dream of a seed bank lives on.

Odds are, if an asteroid hadn’t crashed into Earth, we wouldn’t be here.

Where’s the evidence that grit predicts success?

A selection of illustrations from the new book Carbon, One Atom’s Odyssey.