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At Death’s Door, He Was Put on Ice

How a new technology is resurrecting patients from what was once certain death.

September 2, 2014

A Deadly Virus Is Arrested in the Middle East

Halting a MERS pandemic may hold lessons for the Ebola crisis—until the next outbreak.

September 2, 2014

The Family That Couldn’t Say Hippopotamus

The origins of language are not what inherited disorders seemed to suggest.

September 2, 2014

The Greatest Animal War

Competition in Cambrian seas helped cause an explosion in diversity.

September 2, 2014

The Woods That Time Forgot

In the Mist, a film about a Canary Island forest, opens the archives of Earth’s history.

August 20, 2014

Why Your Cat Doesn’t Have a Sweet Tooth

Moles don’t see, whales can’t smell, and snakes can’t hear a thing.

August 8, 2014