The sheer abundance and variety of life can have a powerful and somewhat disorienting effect.
Why Forests Give You Awe
|Dec 2, 2018
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Articles
Science & Faith Are NOT at War
|Dec 1, 2018
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Elaine Howard Ecklund debunks the myth that the two are in conflict.
The Elephant as a Person
|Nov 30, 2018
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Elephants might have the necessary capacities for personhood. We just need to help them acquire the cognitive scaffolding.
World’s Oldest Fossils?
|Nov 30, 2018
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A new analysis of rocks from the same location calls that conclusion into doubt.
In Search of Other Life
|Nov 29, 2018
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The Mars landing is a reminder that we never know what—or whom—we might discover out there.
Time After Time
|Nov 29, 2018
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The question of whether time moves in a loop or a line has occupied human minds for millennia.
Beyond Weird
|Nov 28, 2018
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The one thing you probably understand about quantum physics is actually a poor metaphor for the modern state of the field.
Asking Different Questions
|Nov 28, 2018
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When science hits a limit, consider new ways of digging in.
Measuring Electrons
|Nov 28, 2018
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Scientists zero in for an up-close examination of subatomic particles.
Designer Babies Are Here
|Nov 27, 2018
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Chinese scientist claims to use Crispr to make first genetically edited babies.