Bob Grant
Can Lichen Light the Way to Dinosaur Finds?
The bold idea to enlist satellites in the search for fossils
Have We Learned King Tut’s Lessons?
Just over a century ago today, British archaeologists discovered the entrance to the Ancient Egyptian monarch’s tomb … eventually scattering its treasures far and wide
Are We Trashing Earth’s Loneliest Spot?
Point Nemo, the most remote location on the planet, is serving as humanity’s cosmic junkyard
Your Exclamation Points Speak Volumes!
Employing this most excitable of punctuation marks changes how its writer is perceived
Neanderthals May Have Invented the Original Crayon
The most concrete evidence of the tools this human ancestor used to doodle
Fentanyl’s Deadly Recipe
The chemistry behind the synthetic opioid at the center of global trade tensions
The 19th-Century Entomologist Who Dreamed Up Daylight Savings
Hungry for more light to find insects, this scientist championed the “unscientific and impractical” idea of changing time
Here’s What Nuclear Testing Does to the Earth—and Us
With trials of atomic weapons set to resume, we recall the environmental and health damage wrought by such testing
Hurricane Melissa Could Threaten Some Species with Extinction
As the super strong storm lashes the Caribbean, vulnerable species and habitats lie in its path
