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Welcome to The Porthole
Short sharp looks at science.
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Long Lives Helped Early Humans Thrive
Michael Gurven on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer -
The Dinos’ Demise Gave Rivers Their Shape
Their extinction left an indelible mark on the landscape -
These Aren’t Your Pharoah’s Mummies
Other cultures across Asia were preserving their dead for millennia before the Egyptians -
DNA’s Death Notice
See original manuscripts, letters, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling -
Does Musical Taste Narrow with Age?
What 450 million song plays tell us about how our listening habits evolve
