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Why Doctors Test Too Much

And why it’s bad for patients

February 4, 2025

When Is a Species Lost Forever?

The slender-billed curlew as an illustrated case study

February 3, 2025

Balloon-Borne Telescopes Take Off

Stratospheric balloons are giving astronomers sharper views of the universe

January 31, 2025

Finding Strange Beauty in Food

A photographer and science teacher tells a new climate story about agriculture

January 30, 2025

The Problem with Problem Sharks

Some of them seem to be repeat offenders

January 29, 2025

David Lynch Opens a Portal to Our Minds

I use the filmmaker’s work in my psychology lab to understand how we make sense of an unsettling world

January 27, 2025

How Neanderthals Kept Our Ancestors Warm

New DNA studies reveal more benefits from our hominin friends

January 24, 2025

This Mummy’s Tattoos Are Better Than Yours

Lasers reveal hidden details of ancient body ink

January 22, 2025

The Evolution of a Mimic

What rove beetles can tell us about the predictability of life

January 17, 2025

Argue Your Way to a Fuller Life

Refute your friends and family, never be satisfied. Philosopher Agnes Callard on life lessons from Socrates.

January 17, 2025

Bringing Mars Rocks to Earth

It’s a bigger challenge than we thought

January 16, 2025