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The unlikely heroes that made starlight possible.

The unlikely heroes that made starlight possible.

Precious stones hold the stories of continents, oceans, and cultures.

Why scientists question the longstanding plan to merge the Dead Sea and the Red Sea.

Galapagos Finches are famous, yet Darwin learned more about evolution from the plants.

Wheelers and dealers have run wild for millions of years.

Carried through time, lovers seek their purpose.

All sophisticated life on the planet Earth may owe its existence to one freakish event.

Modern science and Chinese philosophy tell us similar stories about how we think.

Life, death, and Sputnik.

There might be a little synesthesia in each of us.

Lee Smolin argues that time is more fundamental than physical laws.