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Mushroom Cloud Over Manhattan: What Would Happen in the First Few Hours of Nuclear War

Mushroom Cloud Over Manhattan: What Would Happen in the First Few Hours of Nuclear War

Mark Lynas Looks at a Worst-Case Scenario—and How to Prevent it From Becoming a Reality

By Mark Lynas | May 12, 2025

It’s the Most Important Muscle in Your Body and You Don’t Even Know What It’s Called

It’s the Most Important Muscle in Your Body and You Don’t Even Know What It’s Called

Henry Abbott on the Essential Anatomical Role Played By the Enigmatic Psoas

By Henry Abbott | May 7, 2025

Ornament, Etiquette, Identity, Food: A Personal History of the Orange

Ornament, Etiquette, Identity, Food: A Personal History of the Orange

Katie Goh Ponders Citrus in Art and Life

By Katie Goh | May 7, 2025

Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.

Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.

By Brittany Allen | May 5, 2025

From MLMs to Nuclear War: <br>10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

From MLMs to Nuclear War:
10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

Featuring Work by Bridget Read, Amanda Hess, Robert Macfarlane, and More

By Literary Hub | May 2, 2025

How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

Thomas Levenson on the Dubious Yet Important Science of 17th-Century Medicine

By Thomas Levenson | April 30, 2025

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On the Vital Importance of Preserving the Most Obscure—and Endangered—of the World’s Many Languages

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What Makes the Octopus So Worthy of Our Eternal Fascination

What Makes the Octopus So Worthy of Our Eternal Fascination

Drew Harvell Explores the Otherworldly Oceanic Lives of Cephalopods

By Drew Harvell | April 22, 2025

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

Thor Hanson on the Joys of Slowing Down and Discovering the Unknown In the Familiar

By Thor Hanson | April 3, 2025

The Eureka Moment: How Calculated Risk-Taking Can Lead to Scientific Innovation

The Eureka Moment: How Calculated Risk-Taking Can Lead to Scientific Innovation

Alex Hutchinson on the Intellectual Factors and Cognitive Processes That Produce Boundary-Pushing Science

By Alex Hutchinson | April 2, 2025

What the Science of Gene Inheritance Reveals About the Humans Behind It

What the Science of Gene Inheritance Reveals About the Humans Behind It

Dalton Conley Explores the Infinite Possibilities and Gross Misuses of Advances in Genetic Research

By Dalton Conley | April 2, 2025

From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

Featuring Work by Faiz Siddiqui, Heather Christle, Ada Limón, and More

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2025

What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution

What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution

Matt Ridley on the Paradoxical Pickiness of the Black Grouse

By Matt Ridley | March 24, 2025

Babies Don’t Need to Be Built: Alex Bollen on the Danger of the “Good Mother” Myth

Babies Don’t Need to Be Built: Alex Bollen on the Danger of the “Good Mother” Myth

The Author of “Motherdom” Explores Brain Development, Play, and Why Restrictive Moralizing Hurts All Parents

By Alex Bollen | March 20, 2025

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