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Gaia’s Got a Fever

An aging Earth, like an aging body, is increasingly vulnerable to heat’s fatal strikes

September 17, 2025

How Rodents Spread Across the Earth

One little appendage may have played a very large part

September 17, 2025

What Makes an Opera Star Stand Out?

A singular quality unifies favorites

September 17, 2025

These Aren’t Your Pharoah’s Mummies

Other cultures across Asia were preserving their dead for millennia before the Egyptians

September 16, 2025

The Dinos’ Demise Gave Rivers Their Shape

Their extinction left an indelible mark on the landscape

September 16, 2025

Long Lives Helped Early Humans Thrive

Michael Gurven on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer

September 16, 2025

DNA’s Death Notice

See original manuscripts, letters, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling

September 15, 2025

We Owe It All to Figs

Our primate ancestors' love of the complex fruit changed the world

September 15, 2025

Does Musical Taste Narrow with Age?

What 450 million song plays tell us about how our listening habits evolve

September 12, 2025

Scientists Are People, Too

Can humanizing scientists help win back public trust?

September 11, 2025