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Meet the Unacknowledged Hero Who Discovered That Handwashing Saves Lives

Meet the Unacknowledged Hero Who Discovered That Handwashing Saves Lives

Liesl Schillinger on Misinformation, Anti-Scientism, and the Tragic Life and Times of Ignaz Semmelweis

By Liesl Schillinger | March 27, 2020

The Loneliest Tree in the World

The Loneliest Tree in the World

On the Rarity of a Solitary Tree, and How Life Needs Community

By Stefano Mancuso | March 24, 2020

At the Very Beginning of the Great Alaska Earthquake

At the Very Beginning of the Great Alaska Earthquake

Jon Mooallem on the Disaster of 1964

By Jon Mooallem | March 24, 2020

So, Is Daydreaming<br> Good For Us?

So, Is Daydreaming
Good For Us?

Stefan Van der Stigchel Weighs the Pros and Cons

By Stefan Van der Stigchel | March 23, 2020

Here Are Some Crazy Close-Up Portraits of Ordinary Bugs

Here Are Some Crazy Close-Up Portraits of Ordinary Bugs

Distract Yourself (Or Your Homeschooling 8-Year-Old) With These Glamor Shots

By Daniel Kariko | March 23, 2020

On the Near Impossibility of Planning for a Viral Pandemic

On the Near Impossibility of Planning for a Viral Pandemic

Gerald Posner on What Went Wrong and What Comes Next

By Gerald Posner | March 18, 2020

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What Six-Toed Cats Tell Us About Genetic Development

By Neil Shubin | March 17, 2020

How, Exactly, Do Our Brains Construct Reality?

By Will Storr | March 11, 2020

Yes, Elephants and Dolphins Like Talking to You

By Eva Meijer | March 9, 2020

Life With Migraine: Long Waits, Shifting Dread

Life With Migraine: Long Waits, Shifting Dread

Lisa Olstein on 3,472 Days of Pain

By Lisa Olstein | March 6, 2020

What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

Philosophers and Scientists (and Stoners) Have
Long Confronted the Question

By David Schneider | March 5, 2020

On the Madness of Crowds in the<br> Global Age of Terror

On the Madness of Crowds in the
Global Age of Terror

William Davies on Paranoia, Populism, and False Alarms

By William Davies | February 20, 2020

Of Womb-Furie, Hysteria, and Other Misnomers of the Feminine Condition

Of Womb-Furie, Hysteria, and Other Misnomers of the Feminine Condition

Clare Beams on Women's Bodies and the Power of Names

By Clare Beams | February 11, 2020

How Does Focusing on the Self Affect a Woman's Sex Life?

How Does Focusing on the Self Affect a Woman's Sex Life?

"Great sex is mostly a matter of paying attention."

By Katherine Rowland | February 6, 2020

We're Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment's Effect on Brain Health

We're Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment's Effect on Brain Health

Donna Jackson Nakazawa on Microglial Cells and Nature's "Neat Evolutionary Trick"

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa | January 31, 2020

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains

Stanislas Dehaene on the Neuroscience of Focused Learning

By Stanislas Dehaene | January 30, 2020

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