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The Genetics of Putrid-Smelling Flowers
Some plants lure pollinators with the stench of decay using a gene related to one that fights odor in human breath
The Case of the Curious Butterfly
How a newly named species has survived in tiny numbers for 40,000 years
Why Germs Love Our Collective Amnesia
Author Thomas Levenson on writing his new book So Very Small about humanity's struggle to accept germs' threats
The Woman Who Saw Birds as Individuals
Len Howard opened her cottage—and our eyes—to the birds
From the Debris of Halley’s Comet
This week, chunks of the famous comet will fall to Earth in the Eta Aquarids meteor shower
My Visit with My Dead Father’s Brain
What I discovered about my dad and myself at the lab where his brain resides
Ghost Forests Are Growing
Saltwater is killing trees along low-lying coasts, and marshes may move in
