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The World’s Tiniest Wave Tank
Research TThe ocean seems endless when you stand on its edge, stretching in shades of blue to the horizon. But ...
We Might Not Be So Strange
Explore Timing may, ultimately, be everything. It seems a rather odd coincidence that in the 4.6 billion years since Earth ...
How Scavenging Made Us Human
Research INVultures, hyenas and other scavengers tend to have less than stellar reputations. Because they are attracted to the smell ...
What Poop Reveals About Ancient Humans
Research PArasites are usually a fairly private affair. And, for that matter, defecation. So perhaps never in their wildest dreams ...
Check Out the Beak on This Baby Basking Shark
Research BBegging sharks are wonders of the sea kingdom. This second-largest species of living fish can reach 40 feet in ...
Your Chatbot “Friend” Is Only Pretending to Like You
Research lLast week, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, tweaked ChatGPT to make it more like a “friend” again. The company ...
This Natural History Museum Heist Rivals the Louvre Robbery
Research THives stole priceless jewels from the Louvre this weekend in a brazen heist that involved an electric ladder, a ...
What Is Your Brain Doing on Psychedelics?
Explore On a mellow spring night, I gazed at the setting desert sun in Joshua Tree National Park in California. ...
Psilocybin Lifted Her Burden
Research WWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Rachel Dreyer was on the front lines. She worked as a physician ...
Can Embracing the Unknown Save Us From Dystopia?
Explore I see technology. I see spirits. They are the same thing,” writes Daniel H. Wilson at the climax of ...
