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The Great Silence

A parrot has a question for humans.

August 13, 2019

We’re More of Ourselves When We’re in Tune with Others

Music reminds us why going solo goes against our better nature.

July 24, 2019

Death & Rebirth in Forests

On the Lives of Trees

July 23, 2019

“You’ll Know Her by Her Foot”

An ornithologist reflects on Emily Dickinson’s “You'll know her by her foot.”

July 16, 2019

A Natural, Reviving Violence

A reflection on Marianne Moore’s “The Fish.”

July 10, 2019

The Mushroom’s Small Stature and Subtle Strength

A microbial ecologist reflects on Sylvia Plath’s “Mushrooms.”

June 24, 2019

Richard Dawkins on Poetry

The evolutionary biologist reads Robert Frost.

May 28, 2019

What Makes Music Special to Us?

Clarifying the differences between what animals and humans hear.

March 13, 2019

Gustav Klimt in the Brain Lab

What is neuroscience doing to art?

February 7, 2019

Echos

What happens when a person is simultaneously lost and found?

January 3, 2019