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

Craig Foster reflects on a relationship that changed his connection to the natural world.

Exploring the minuscule and mysterious world of viruses.

Science can’t be democratic, says an outspoken virologist.

What if the first woman scientist was simply the first woman?

Mindfulness helped this ER doctor through a dark time. It can help us through these times.

An aspiring cognitive scientist faces the sketchy truth about fMRI.

A prominent evolutionary biologist slays the beast of Individualism.

Director Christopher Nolan could take a tip from new research into “closed timelike curves.”

What will happen to the organoids? A work of fiction.

A zoologist explains why complex life anywhere depends on natural selection.

Don’t be surprised if alien life forms are a lot like us.