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The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know

June 10, 2021 — Amy Maxmen, Smriti Mallapaty and Nature magazine

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The World Needs Alternative Economies Like These Ones

June 9, 2021 — Ashish Kothari

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Experts Weigh In on Pentagon UFO Report

June 8, 2021 — Leonard David

'Andrei the Furious' Invented the Markov Chain to Thwart a Theologian

How a dispute between a religious believer and a confirmed atheist led to a major mathematical breakthrough

June 11, 2021 — Jordan Ellenberg | Opinion

Public Health

The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know

June 10, 2021 — Amy Maxmen, Smriti Mallapaty and Nature magazine

Conservation

The World Needs Alternative Economies Like These Ones

June 9, 2021 — Ashish Kothari

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Experts Weigh In on Pentagon UFO Report

June 8, 2021 — Leonard David

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Searching for City Lights on Other Planets

11 hours ago — Avi Loeb | Opinion

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Invasive Species Can Sometimes Help an Ecosystem

June 12, 2021 — Samuel B. Case | Opinion

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Poem: ‘Turing and the Apple’

June 12, 2021 — Michael L. Johnson

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Venus Wins Stunning Third New Mission, This Time from Europe

June 12, 2021 — Meghan Bartels and SPACE.com

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Elephants May Use Urine to Navigate

June 11, 2021 — Christopher Intagliata

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Experts Weigh In on Pentagon UFO Report

The vast majority of examined incidents were not caused by U.S. advanced technology programs, the forthcoming report concludes. So what’s going on?

June 8, 2021 — Leonard David

Pupil Size Is a Marker of Intelligence

There is a surprising correlation between baseline pupil size and several measures of cognitive ability

June 2, 2021 — Jason S. Tsukahara, Alexander P. Burgoyne and Randall W. Engle

Let’s Rebuild the U.S. Jaguar Population—Yes, Jaguars

Most Americans are probably surprised that we still share a country with these magnificent big cats. But they need help to survive

June 8, 2021 — Eric W. Sanderson | Opinion

Stars Made of Antimatter Might Be Lurking in the Universe

Circumstantial evidence could point to a mind-blowing solution to an antimatter mystery—or to the need for better space-based particle physics experiments

June 7, 2021 — Leto Sapunar

Death by Primordial Black Hole

If such an object a mere 1,000 times bigger than an atom passed through your body, the result would not be pretty

June 6, 2021 — Avi Loeb | Opinion

Policy & Ethics

We’re Overlooking a Major Culprit in the Opioid Crisis

Pharmaceutical companies and drug dealers have been part of the problem—but so have policy makers

May 28, 2021 — Maia Szalavitz | Opinion

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This Pride Month, discover the science supporting equality and antidiscrimination

June 1, 2021

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National Park Nature Walks: A New Pop-Up Podcast Series

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Decoded: What Are Neurons?

You have 86 billion of them inside you, but do you understand how hard it was for us to learn that?

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At the Bottom of Lake Huron, an Ancient Mystery Materializes

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Decoded: What Are Black Holes?

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Decoded: How Do Vaccines Actually Work?

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