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Al Gore Does His Best Ralph Waldo Emerson

The former vice president reads the transcendentalist poet—and reminds us of one.

March 12, 2018

The Point of Men’s Cults

Does their pervasiveness tell us something important about evolution and human behavior?

March 5, 2018

Heredity Beyond the Gene

What you pass on to your kids isn’t always in your genetic code.

The City at the Center of the Cosmos

Robots and lasers are uncovering an ancient, sacred geography.

February 15, 2018

The Last Love of Jonas Salk

The unusual union of a renowned artist and the discoverer of the Polio vaccine.

February 5, 2018

Does Aging Have a Reset Button?

A Stanford researcher’s new take on stem cells.

January 29, 2018

Antonio Damasio Tells Us Why Pain Is Necessary

The neuroscientist explains why feelings evolved.

January 18, 2018

The Stick Is an Unsung Hero of Human Evolution

Stone’s silent sister in the archaeological record.

January 5, 2018