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Ode to the Jellyfish

A look at some of the strange creatures, in celebration of World Jellyfish Day

November 3, 2025

Your Exclamation Points Speak Volumes!

Employing this most excitable of punctuation marks changes how its writer is perceived

November 3, 2025

How Giraffes Got Their Very Long Legs

Which came first, the neck or the legs?

November 3, 2025

Neanderthals May Have Invented the Original Crayon

The most concrete evidence of the tools this human ancestor used to doodle

November 3, 2025

How Junk Science Threatens Maternal Health

The abortion pill is under attack, again

November 3, 2025

Why Do Spiders Decorate Their Webs? A New Piece of the Puzzle

Scientists take another step toward unraveling a tangled web

October 31, 2025

Humans Have Upended the World’s Balance of Mammals

We have tipped the scale toward humans and livestock, reducing the share of wild mammals

October 31, 2025

Fentanyl’s Deadly Recipe

The chemistry behind the synthetic opioid at the center of global trade tensions

October 31, 2025

Why We Love Horror Stories

From ancient monsters to modern slashers, our fascination with horror may be an evolutionary gift

October 31, 2025

The 19th-Century Entomologist Who Dreamed Up Daylight Savings

Hungry for more light to find insects, this scientist championed the “unscientific and impractical” idea of changing time

October 31, 2025