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Trees Before Trees: A Natural History of Billions of Years of Plant Evolution

Trees Before Trees: A Natural History of Billions of Years of Plant Evolution

Jonathan Silvertown Explores the Processes That Brought Us the Leaves and Trees We Know Today

By Jonathan Silvertown | October 29, 2026

A Day in the Life of a Baby Tyrannosaurus Rex

A Day in the Life of a Baby Tyrannosaurus Rex

Riley Black Explores the Softer Side of Paleontology's Most Feared Predator

By Riley Black | October 27, 2026

Why the Broiler Chicken Is the True Symbol of the Anthropocene

Why the Broiler Chicken Is the True Symbol of the Anthropocene

Kyle Harper Considers the Ways Humans Have Remade the Earth For Their Own Benefit

By Kyle Harper | October 23, 2026

On the Unlikely Beauty (and Hidden Danger) of a Bogland

On the Unlikely Beauty (and Hidden Danger) of a Bogland

Merritt R. Turetsky Tells Us Why We Must Preserve Bogs and Peatlands

By Merritt R. Turetsky | October 16, 2026

What Happens When Humans Show Up: On the Ecosystem Beneath Our Feet

What Happens When Humans Show Up: On the Ecosystem Beneath Our Feet

Frank Ashwood Considers the Earth’s Earliest Soil, the First Mass Extinction Event, and the Impact of People

By Frank Ashwood | October 2, 2026

Who Gets to Have a Baby in America? On the High Cost of Fertility in America

Who Gets to Have a Baby in America? On the High Cost of Fertility in America

“Some argue that fertility care is simply basic healthcare and should be universally accessible.”

By Anna Louie Sussman | September 30, 2026

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What Fascination With UFOs Reveals About Conspiratorial Thinking in America

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Adam Kirsch Explores the Intersection of Belief in Aliens and Lack of Trust in Institutions and Experts

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How I Learned to Love My Dog By Observing His Behavior

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Anna Heyward: “If I watched and waited, open to what Freddie could show me, something would become clear.”

By Anna Heyward | September 10, 2026

What Peatlands Can Teach Us About Time

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Jennifer de Mooy on the Carbon Under Our Feet

By Jennifer de Mooy | September 9, 2026

Is Time Even Real? Does It Even Flow?

Is Time Even Real? Does It Even Flow?

Jim Al-Khalili on the Physics that Make the Universe Tick

By Jim al-Khalili | September 4, 2026

What the World’s Nightscapes Reveal About Our Dependence on Artificial Light

What the World’s Nightscapes Reveal About Our Dependence on Artificial Light

Sara B. Pritchard on the History and Future of Days and Nights Across the Globe

By Sara B. Pritchard | August 25, 2026

How Orchids Inspired the Groundbreaking Work of Charles Darwin

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Rowan Hooper on the Hidden Life of a Remarkable Flower

By Rowan Hooper | August 20, 2026

What Does “Progress” Mean, Anyway?

What Does “Progress” Mean, Anyway?

Stuart Firestein on Technology, Science, and the Fraught Subject of Progress

By Stuart Firestein | August 20, 2026

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