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Oceans That Glow: On the Timeless Beauty of Bioluminescence

Oceans That Glow: On the Timeless Beauty of Bioluminescence

Alan Lightman Considers the Power and Benefits of Natural Deep Sea Light

By Alan Lightman | November 20, 2024

Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman

Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman

Richard Munson Considers the Founding Father’s Long-Overlooked Passion for Scientific Inquiry

By Richard Munson | November 14, 2024

Witnesses to a Changing World: On the Longevity and Endurance of the Greenland Shark

Witnesses to a Changing World: On the Longevity and Endurance of the Greenland Shark

Katherine Rundell Considers the Near-Eternal Lives of These Enigmatic Deep Sea Creatures

By Katherine Rundell | November 12, 2024

Memories in the Marsh: A Love Letter to Exploring, Studying, and Creating Art in Nature

Memories in the Marsh: A Love Letter to Exploring, Studying, and Creating Art in Nature

Anna Farro Henderson Reflects on Romance, Distance, and Change as She Studies a Maine Marshland

By Anna Farro Henderson | November 11, 2024

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

Armin Schmitt on Earth’s Millennia-Long History of Reoccurring Cataclysms

By Armin Schmitt | November 6, 2024

Anatomy of a Bad Trip: On the Less-Than-Magical Side of Magic Mushrooms

Anatomy of a Bad Trip: On the Less-Than-Magical Side of Magic Mushrooms

Eugenia Bone Explains the Different Types of Negative Psychedelic Experiences

By Eugenia Bone | October 23, 2024

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Language, Loss and Nostalgia: On Growing Old As a Learning Experience

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The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

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John MacNeill Miller on Harriet Martineau’s Prescient Vision of Humanity

By John MacNeill Miller | September 25, 2024

Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

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Vanessa Chakour Considers the Essential Role of These Much-Maligned Flying Mammals

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Earth is about to get a second moon... but what will it mean for the lit world?

Earth is about to get a second moon... but what will it mean for the lit world?

By James Folta | September 23, 2024

Humanity’s Strangest Language: On the Joys of Translating Math

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Ben Orlin Considers New Ways to Think About—and Have Fun With—Numbers, Variables and Equations

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Fashionably Monochrome Mammals: On the Pleasures of Watching Skunks

Fashionably Monochrome Mammals: On the Pleasures of Watching Skunks

Sharman Apt Russell Encourages Us to Explore the Wild World Waiting in Our Backyards

By Sharman Apt Russell | September 4, 2024

How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

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Josephine Quinn on the Myth that Arabic Translations Merely Preserved Greek Literature

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What Greenland’s Melting Ice Tells Us About the History and Future of Global Warming

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