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Robert Ballard, the Man Who's Discovered More Than Just the <em>Titanic</em>

Robert Ballard, the Man Who's Discovered More Than Just the Titanic

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | August 12, 2021

A new study shows that girls write fewer female characters as they get older.

A new study shows that girls write fewer female characters as they get older.

By Walker Caplan | August 11, 2021

The 18th-Century Quaker Farmboy Who Laid the Groundwork for Atomic Theory

The 18th-Century Quaker Farmboy Who Laid the Groundwork for Atomic Theory

Harry Cliff on How John Dalton Contributed to the Most Powerful Idea in Science

By Harry Cliff | August 10, 2021

Encountering One of the Most Toxic Trees in the World

Encountering One of the Most Toxic Trees in the World

Meg Lowman on Australia’s Giant Stinging Tree

By Meg Lowman | August 10, 2021

We Should All Be Playing in the Dirt More... According to Science!

We Should All Be Playing in the Dirt More... According to Science!

Lucy Jones on the Health Benefits of Engaging With the Outdoors

By Lucy Jones | August 6, 2021

Catherine Raven: Why We’re More Like Animals Than We Think

Catherine Raven: Why We’re More Like Animals Than We Think

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | August 6, 2021

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To Be Popular You Must Already Be Popular: On the Dangers of the Bandwagon Effect

By Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein | August 5, 2021

Seeking Sanctuary from Electromagnetic Radiation in Green Bank, West Virginia

By Stephen Kurczy | August 4, 2021

Exploring the Moon: Revisiting Apollo 15's Lunar Landing, 50 Years Later

By Andrew Chaikin | July 30, 2021

This new project is sending 125 self-published authors’ books to the moon.

This new project is sending 125 self-published authors’ books to the moon.

By Walker Caplan | July 28, 2021

Why Flat Earthers, Moon Landing Truthers, and Other Conspiracy Theorists Believe Their Own Nonsense

Why Flat Earthers, Moon Landing Truthers, and Other Conspiracy Theorists Believe Their Own Nonsense

John V. Petrocelli on the Alarming Spread of Fake News and Society's Increasing Aversion to Critical Thinking

By John V. Petrocelli | July 28, 2021

Would You Give Up Air-Conditioning If You Knew It Would Save the Planet?

Would You Give Up Air-Conditioning If You Knew It Would Save the Planet?

Eric Dean Wilson on the Perpetual American Need for Comfort

By Eric Dean Wilson | July 26, 2021

No Billionaires Detected: What It Was Like to Walk on the Moon in the Summer of 1971

No Billionaires Detected: What It Was Like to Walk on the Moon in the Summer of 1971

Looking Back at Apollo Missions 14 and 15, and the Crater that Eluded Mankind

By Earl Swift | July 21, 2021

The Human Behind the “Monster.” On the Misrepresentations of Forensic Psychiatry

The Human Behind the “Monster.” On the Misrepresentations of Forensic Psychiatry

Dr. Gwen Adshead on How We (Mis)treat Mental Illness

By Dr. Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne | July 21, 2021

It’s official! According to science, reading fiction makes you nicer.

It’s official! According to science, reading fiction makes you nicer.

By Walker Caplan | July 20, 2021

Vocal Effects: How Hormones Change the Way We Sound

Vocal Effects: How Hormones Change the Way We Sound

Carole Hooven on the Role of Testosterone in Human Speech

By Carole Hooven | July 19, 2021

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