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Aliens, or Angels? On the Similarities Between UFO Encounters and Religious Experiences

Aliens, or Angels? On the Similarities Between UFO Encounters and Religious Experiences

Luis Elizondo Digs into Biblical Stories, Government Secrecy, and the Difficulties of Studying UAP

By Luis Elizondo | August 20, 2024

Elon Musk is Sending His Garbage Into Space (with All the Other Trash)

Elon Musk is Sending His Garbage Into Space (with All the Other Trash)

Iris Gottlieb Warns Us Against Treating the Galaxy Like a Trash Can

By Iris Gottlieb | August 19, 2024

Venturing Inside the Mouth of the Tiny-But-Mighty Shrew

Venturing Inside the Mouth of the Tiny-But-Mighty Shrew

Bill Schutt Considers the Perfect Cheesy Horror Movie Creature

By Bill Schutt | August 16, 2024

The Moment When a Brain Surgeon Sees the Most Terrifying Diagnosis in Medicine

The Moment When a Brain Surgeon Sees the Most Terrifying Diagnosis in Medicine

Theodore H. Schwartz Shares the Story of a Patient with GBM, the Supervillain of Malignant Tumors

By Theodore H. Schwartz | August 14, 2024

Do Dolphins Give Each Other... Names?

Do Dolphins Give Each Other... Names?

Arik Kershenbaum on What It Means When Dolphins Whistle To Each Other

By Arik Kershenbaum | August 9, 2024

Giants’ Bones? Fossilized Testicles? How Humans Reacted to the Discovery of Dinosaurs

Giants’ Bones? Fossilized Testicles? How Humans Reacted to the Discovery of Dinosaurs

Edward Dolnick on Rigorous Yet Humorously Misguided Scientific Inquiry in the 17th and 18th Centuries

By Edward Dolnick | August 8, 2024

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How Did Phrenology Get So Popular in Victorian Society?

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The Cosmic Sublime: On the Unpredictability and Allure of Comets

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Ruby Todd Considers the Age-Old Individual and Collective Experience of Watching the Skies

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Finding the Glow Within: What Biology and Fiction Writing Have In Common

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Janie Kim on the Pursuit of Open-Ended Questions in Science and Literature

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How White Sharks Became the Serial Killers of the Sea

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John Long on the Hunting Tactics of One of Nature's Most Feared Predators

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How Charles Darwin Became a 19th-Century Scientific Rock Star

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Howard Markel on the Debate That Forever Transformed Our Understanding of the Natural World

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How Game Theory Can Help Organ Donors Find Their Match

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Kelly Clancy on the Medical Possibilities of Mathematically-Influenced Altruism

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