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Do Animals Get Drunk?

Why evolving a taste for getting tipsy could prove adaptive.

May 24, 2023

How We Remember Last Weekend

High-frequency oscillations that ripple through our brains may generate memory and conscious experience.

September 28, 2022

The Uncanny Valley of Xenobots

These tiny living robots can now replicate and evolve—and be put to work.

February 25, 2022

The Mystery of the Dark Asteroid That Scorched Russia

A new theory emerges to explain the enigmatic Tunguska Event.

June 24, 2020

Memories Can Be Injected and Survive Amputation and Metamorphosis

Experiments on snails and other creatures raise questions about how memories are really stored.

December 12, 2019