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How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

Jitka Čejková Commemorates the Centennial of Karel Čapek’s R.U.R.

By Jitka Čejková | January 16, 2024

Between Anxiety and Hope: On the Cautious Optimism of Lewis Thomas

Between Anxiety and Hope: On the Cautious Optimism of Lewis Thomas

Sukhada Tatke Remembers the Essayist and His Scientific and Creative Vision

By Sukhada Tatke | December 20, 2023

Making Sense of Santa, as a Science Reporter and a Parent

Making Sense of Santa, as a Science Reporter and a Parent

Nell Greenfieldboyce on Reason, Science, and Metaphorical Delights

By Nell Greenfieldboyce | December 13, 2023

Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

Shahnaz Habib on the Relationship Between Colonialism, Natural Science and Travel

By Shahnaz Habib | December 6, 2023

Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

Samantha Harvey on Sci-Fi Becoming Sci-Fact and the End of an Era in Technology

By Samantha Harvey | December 5, 2023

The Ability to Transform: On Wolves Becoming People, and People Becoming Wolves

The Ability to Transform: On Wolves Becoming People, and People Becoming Wolves

Sonja Swift Considers Lupine Representation and Demonization Across Cultures

By Sonja Swift | November 17, 2023

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John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather” has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

By Jonny Diamond | November 16, 2023

Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

By Samuel Graydon | November 16, 2023

Magnets, How Do They Work? On the Magic of Magnetic Force

By Roma Agrawal | November 16, 2023

The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

Walter Stephens on Lost Books, Rediscovery, and Ancient Wisdom

By Walter Stephens | November 10, 2023

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith Consider the Mechanics of Menstruation in the Cosmos

By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith | November 8, 2023

Magical and Essential: On the Mineral and Metallic Bases of Our World

Magical and Essential: On the Mineral and Metallic Bases of Our World

Ed Conway Explores Chile's Salar de Atacama, the World's Richest Source of Lithium

By Ed Conway | November 8, 2023

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

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