False notes

The price of sound science is eternal vigilance....

In debt to nature

This year, it took the human race 212 days to exhaust what the planet generates...

Spare parts

Evolution means we are perfectly adapted to our environment. Yeah, right....

Pattern recognition

Prime numbers act as locks and keys to bank accounts—and cracking them requires solving a...

No going back

Why is time the only dimension to flow in one direction?...

The jellyfish that wouldn’t die

“Nothing can be said to be certain,” sighed Benjamin Franklin, “except death and taxes.” But...

Fits and giggles

Only a few species are capable of laughing. So why do we do it?...

The wood wide web

Forests have their own information superhighway, and it works much like ours, carrying information, trade—and...

Time crystals

For every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction, right? Not in the maverick world...

Dead end

When nature decides to call it quits....

Taking sides

When left- or right-handedness is a matter of life and death....

Slaves to the rhythm

Your body is controlled by chemicals, telling you when to wake, when to eat, even...

Playing an away game

Female birds have turned promiscuity and deception into artful survival, as have females of many...

Reckless driving?

Before too long, we’ll be able to encode unwanted organisms for extinction. But should we?...

Excuse me, but your proclivity is showing

Human failure to process information became the success of Brexit, and maybe Trump....

One theory to rule them all

Einstein’s most famous theory still sweats the small stuff. And the universe is mostly small...

Messages from your ex

A look through the Neanderthal genome only proves again: there’s no escaping your roots....

Game over

We all hope our lives will have meaning. But for the agents of biochemistry, our...

Weighty matters

How much does a kilogram weigh? Well, it depends. Weight is merely a measure of...

Echoes of the disappeared

Are we in for another Silent Spring?...

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