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A Betrayal of Instinct: What Happens to Human Body When It Stops Eating

A Betrayal of Instinct: What Happens to Human Body When It Stops Eating

John Oakes on the Scientific and Biological Processes Behind Fasting

By John Oakes | February 26, 2024

The Man Who Remembered Everything—and Thought It Was Normal

The Man Who Remembered Everything—and Thought It Was Normal

Charan Ranganath on the Famous Case of Solomon Shereshevsky

By Charan Ranganath | February 26, 2024

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

The Author of "King Nyx" on the Paranormalist Charles Fort, Theodore Dreiser, and Dismissing Women's Intellects

By Kirsten Bakis | February 21, 2024

The Physics of Fiction: How Art and Science Inspire Each Other

The Physics of Fiction: How Art and Science Inspire Each Other

Paul Halpern on Literary Representations of Black Holes, Wormholes, and Multiple Dimensions

By Paul Halpern | February 9, 2024

Dust, Desolation, and Awe: Rebecca Boyle on Would It Be Like to Return to the Moon

Dust, Desolation, and Awe: Rebecca Boyle on Would It Be Like to Return to the Moon

The Author of “Our Moon” on the Gritty Business of Survival on a Distant Rock

By Rebecca Boyle | February 8, 2024

How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

Gísli Pálsson on the Undersung Work of the Naturalists John Wolley and Alfred Newton

By Gísli Pálsson | February 7, 2024

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

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

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Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

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

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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

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Sonja Swift Considers Lupine Representation and Demonization Across Cultures

By Sonja Swift | November 17, 2023

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

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

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

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

Samuel Graydon on Three Moments in the Life of the Scientist

By Samuel Graydon | November 16, 2023

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