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Mysterious mushrooms, AI for facial expressions, and other new science books

Science in meter and verse

Here are some “highlights” from the past 13.5 years of this podcast.

Painted images of intriguing human-animal hybrids are signs of modern thought

Here are five reasons why

Some famous musicians—from Mariah Carey to Jimi Hendrix—have a gift known as perfect pitch. What is it? Could you have it, too?

Bird’s-eye views of Earth, Civil War submarine mystery, and more

Originally published in July 1907

Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about the discovery of an intact chicken egg dating to Roman Britain.

Emmy and Peabody Award–winning science writer, producer and director Ann Druyan talks about Cosmos: Possible Worlds, the next installment of the Cosmos series.

Originally published in April 1866

Originally published in April 1916