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What rove beetles can tell us about the predictability of life

Refute your friends and family, never be satisfied. Philosopher Agnes Callard on life lessons from Socrates.

It’s a bigger challenge than we thought

How to solve biology’s chicken-or-egg dilemma

Making a Shazam for conservationists

The author on losing his home to wildfire, finding strength in solitude, and his new book Aflame

The astrophysicist’s synthesized voice conveyed a self

Wetlands in film are overwhelmingly associated with discomfort, misery, and death

The idea that mysterious stuff speeds up the acceleration of the universe could be a big mistake

The impact of famine may be written in the bodies of future generations

John Larison’s new novel The Ancients suggests some societies are built for cataclysm