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Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard on the inspiration for his latest novel and his turn to sci-fi.

You sit down on a sandy dune and tilt your head back.

A comic uses fluid dynamics to explain how groups of people move—and how that could help make large gatherings safer.

Adaptability is this wild pollinator’s superpower.

The formidable challenge of digging through miles of ice millions of miles away.

Once lost in scientific obscurity, bacteriophage therapy is making a comeback.

They can identify pangolin scales, rhino horn, and elephant ivory.

Why permafrost in the tundra has begun to explode.

Felines may be able to learn human words.

For scientists of yore anything—from mermaids to alchemy—was on the table.

What we can learn from the critically endangered species.