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Animals, including us, evolved to bluster and bluff at their peril.

In a sensory deprivation tank, I lost my body and found myself.

As arable land disappears, a genetic tweak might secure the world’s food supply.

An astrobiologist says non-fungible tokens do not bode well for our species’s future.

They look like scientific papers. But they’re distorting and killing science.

“Did you like the grenade I tossed in their midst?” the biologist asked me.

H.A. Rey recreated star maps with wit, grace, and accuracy.

Why intellectual laziness doesn’t have to lead to groupthink.

Roger Payne sparked the anti-whaling movement. He’s not done yet.

As a new mother, an anthropologist makes a moving discovery at an infant’s burial site.

Bernard Rollin was a pioneer in animal rights. He left us with this scalding interview.

A planetary scientist explains why SpaceX’s Starship will transform her field.