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You Had Me At Meow: On the Hidden Language of Cats

You Had Me At Meow: On the Hidden Language of Cats

Scientist Sarah Brown Confirms That Your Cat Really Is Talking To You

By Sarah Brown | October 18, 2023

Nobel Prize Laureate Katalin Karikó on Her Hungarian Childhood

Nobel Prize Laureate Katalin Karikó on Her Hungarian Childhood

“I understand now that this local ‘soap cooker lady’ was the first biochemist I ever met.”

By Katalin Karikó | October 12, 2023

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

The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

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

Evolutionary Links: What Great Apes Tell Us About Being Human

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.”

By Claire Tuna | September 28, 2023

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

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What Makes Language Human?

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

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Why Human Writing Is Worth Defending In the Age of ChatGPT

Why Human Writing Is Worth Defending In the Age of ChatGPT

Naomi S. Baron on the Detrimental Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Literacy and Cognition

By Naomi S. Baron | September 12, 2023

The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

On Breaking the Cycle of Individual and Collective Dehumanization

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How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

Keith Houston on the People, Technology, and Equations Behind a Modern Mathematical Convenience

By Keith Houston | August 31, 2023

How a Directionless Path Can Reveal Science's Most Closely-Guarded Secrets

How a Directionless Path Can Reveal Science's Most Closely-Guarded Secrets

Ben Stanger on the Messy, Meandering Business of Scientific Discovery

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The Female Journalist Who Helped Create the Field of Science Reporting

The Female Journalist Who Helped Create the Field of Science Reporting

Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette on Jane Stafford, Gender in Journalism, and the Pioneering Science Service Organization

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How the Banana Came To Be—And How It Could Disappear

How the Banana Came To Be—And How It Could Disappear

Emily Monosson on the History, Evolution, and Biological Enemies of a Staple Fruit

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"Endlessly Fascinating But Rarely Observed": Inside the Hidden World of Cockroaches

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