Audio Narrations

Diseases that cause suffocation, paralysis, and childhood death are poised to come surging back

The cave-dwelling olm is a canary in the coal mine for environmental change

The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts

A dying glacier harbors mysterious species and ecosystems yet to be understood

Earth scientist Kate Marvel gets personal about climate science

Climate change is throwing traditional calendars into disarray

There’s a German word for that feeling

Neuroscientists are discovering how this basic ability, essential to our survival, works

Chatbots profile our personalities, which could give them the keys to drive our thoughts—and actions

The line between life and death has never been clear—and modern technology blurs it further

How one animal's oddity inspired Sewall Wright to take on one of Darwin's big ideas

New data about dark energy is a reminder that cosmology is a never-ending story