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David J. Helfand on Piecing Together the Past With Atomic Science

David J. Helfand on Piecing Together the Past With Atomic Science

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 8, 2023

What the Marabou Stork Taught Me About Writing in an Era of Mass Extinction and Waste

What the Marabou Stork Taught Me About Writing in an Era of Mass Extinction and Waste

Ashia Ajani on Figuring Out How to Thrive During an Apocalypse

By Ashia Ajani | November 6, 2023

Can a Computer Write Like Eudora Welty?

Can a Computer Write Like Eudora Welty?

There's More to AI than Memes

By Randy Sparkman | October 30, 2023

The Shape of Water: How the Movement of Oceans Impacts Human Activity

The Shape of Water: How the Movement of Oceans Impacts Human Activity

Helen Czerski Explores the Shape-Shifting Science Behind the High Seas

By Helen Czerski | October 30, 2023

Panacea or Problematic Hype?: The Uncertain Promises of Ketamine Therapy

Panacea or Problematic Hype?: The Uncertain Promises of Ketamine Therapy

Andy Mitchell on Psychedelics and the FDA's Controversial Shift in Defining Clinical Depression

By Andy Mitchell | October 25, 2023

UFO or UF-No: What Would Take for Aliens to Visit Our Solar System?

UFO or UF-No: What Would Take for Aliens to Visit Our Solar System?

Adam Frank on Interstellar Travel, Technology from Sci-Fi, and the Physics of Both

By Adam Frank | October 24, 2023

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Nobel Prize Laureate Katalin Karikó on Her Hungarian Childhood

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The World's Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park

The World's Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park

Behold the Peregrine Falcon

By Douglas W. Smith, Lauren E. Walker, Katharine E. Duffy and David Haines | October 12, 2023

The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

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From Mackenzie Cooley's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Perfection of Nature

By Mackenzie Cooley | October 3, 2023

Evolutionary Links: What Great Apes Tell Us About Being Human

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From Alison Bashford's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution

By Alison Bashford | September 28, 2023

How <em>Oppenheimer</em> Fails to Unpack the Craft at the Core of Its Drama

How Oppenheimer Fails to Unpack the Craft at the Core of Its Drama

“When it comes to STEM in film, there can be drama in the minutiae.”

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“One of the Single Most Expensive Substances on the Planet”: The Insulin Crisis of the 21st Century

“One of the Single Most Expensive Substances on the Planet”: The Insulin Crisis of the 21st Century

Stuart Bradwel on the Tragic Consequences of Unethical Profiteering

By Stuart Bradwel | September 25, 2023

What Makes Language Human?

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Caleb Everett on Syntax and Recursion

By Caleb Everett | September 21, 2023

First Lady of Space: How Sally Ride Became A Household Name Overnight

First Lady of Space: How Sally Ride Became A Household Name Overnight

Loren Grush on the Media Circus Surrounding America's First Women Astronauts

By Loren Grush | September 14, 2023

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