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Why (and How, Exactly) Did Early Humans Start Cooking?

Why (and How, Exactly) Did Early Humans Start Cooking?

Guy Crosby on the Connection Between the Way We Eat
and Who We Are

By Guy Crosby | December 17, 2019

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String

On the Ambition of the Early Naked-Eye Astronomers

By L. S. Fauber | December 9, 2019

The Endless Memories Preserved in Siberia's Ice

The Endless Memories Preserved in Siberia's Ice

Heather Altfeld on the Permafrost of One of Earth's Vast Regions

By Heather Altfeld | November 22, 2019

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Alyssa Hull Tries to Find Optimism in Teaching Cli-Fi
to Terrified Students

By Alyssa Hull | November 22, 2019

When the Baby Penguins Come<br> Into the World

When the Baby Penguins Come
Into the World

Lindsay McCrae on Filming New Life in Antarctica

By Lindsay McCrae | November 21, 2019

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

David Lindsay Roberts Considers the Career of E.T. Bell

By David Lindsay Roberts | November 19, 2019

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Terry Tempest Williams on William Merwin and Becoming an Environmental Activist

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Writes to His Fans

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Read the 16-year-old Climate Activist's Urgent
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It Turns Out There's Not a Lot of Science Linking Testosterone to Violence

It Turns Out There's Not a Lot of Science Linking Testosterone to Violence

When Bad Studies Become Pro-War Political Tools

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Exotic Pets, Wild Blood, and the Search for Human-Animal Connection

Exotic Pets, Wild Blood, and the Search for Human-Animal Connection

What Happens When Richard Louv Visits a Reptile Show

By Richard Louv | November 7, 2019

Philip Goff and Philip Pullman Talk Materialism, Panpsychism, and Philosophical Zombies

Philip Goff and Philip Pullman Talk Materialism, Panpsychism, and Philosophical Zombies

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Trying to Convince Myself That My Son Doesn't Have Cancer

Trying to Convince Myself That My Son Doesn't Have Cancer

Lise Marzouk on the Fine Line Between Self-Preservation
and Self-Deception

By Lise Marzouk | October 30, 2019

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Mushrooms That We Need Right Now

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Mushrooms That We Need Right Now

From Lewis Carroll to John Cage, the Mycelium Are Everywhere

By Lawrence Millman and Amy Jean Porter | October 29, 2019

The Astro Poets: A Field Guide to Scorpios

The Astro Poets: A Field Guide to Scorpios

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