Science Reporter Emily Graslie Reads Her Mail — And It's Not So Nice
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View ArticleOne Man. One Cat. Multiplied
We start with a man called Mike and a cat called Ella. Two creatures.Nothing odd about them, except that Mike has a beard and Ella is a touch chunky. Otherwise, they could be any cat and guy. Except...
View ArticleWhat Chickadees Have That I Want. Badly
First I look in my right coat pocket. Nothing. Then my left. Nothing. Then my pants, right side — no. Then my pants, left side — yes! This is me at my front door, looking for my keys. Every day.I have...
View ArticleAnimal Loses Head But Remembers Everything
When I first saw this," says cell biologist Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, "it was with total amazement."This is a worm. It's called a planarian. It's about an inch long, and you'll find it gliding along...
View Article'You're Invisible, But I'll Eat You Anyway.' Secrets Of Snow-Diving Foxes
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View ArticleBillboards That Drop Angels On Your Head
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View ArticleAm I Going To Die This Year? A Mathematical Puzzle
A few years ago, physicist Brian Skinnerasked himself: What are the odds I will die in the next year? He was 25. What got him wondering about this, I have no idea, but, hey, it's something everybody...
View ArticleA Rain Forest Begins With Rain, Right? Is This A Trick Question?
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View ArticleListen To These Lovely Cats. No, Actually, Don't
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View ArticleDraw My Left! No, No, My Other Left! A Hidden Bias In Art History Revealed
Look at this guy.He is half-smiley, half-frowny. I drew the mouth carefully to make it equal parts sad and happy.But when you look at him — take him in whole — would you say he's having a good day or a...
View ArticleDid Homer Simpson Actually Solve Fermat's Last Theorem? Take A Look
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View ArticleHow To Marry The Right Girl: A Mathematical Solution
Poor Johannes Kepler. One of the greatest astronomers ever, the man who figured out the laws of planetary motion, a genius, scholar and mathematician — in 1611, he needed a wife. The previous Mrs....
View ArticleWhen Numbers Bleed, Freeze, Starve And Die On A Battlefield: The Dark Poetry...
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View ArticleIntriguing Lime Green Blobs Appear In The Andes Mountains. Are They Alive?
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View ArticleSo What If It's Ugly? It Just Keeps On Going ...
Far, far, far away is a great place to be — if you want to stay marvelous. There is a plant, called Welwitschia mirabilis (mirabilis being Latin for marvelous), found only one place on Earth. You can...
View ArticleJupiter's Dot And Mine. Why Life Is Unfair
When I was 9, my dad drew this picture of me. You will notice something on my left cheek — a little brown spot.That's a mole. The doctor called it "a birthmark." My mom called it "a beauty mark." I was...
View ArticleA Young Woman Falls In Love With Everything
You start with difference, with mystery. Some things spiral, some become spheres, some branch, some don't. We know that inert atoms quicken, become bees, goats, clouds, then dissolve back into...
View ArticleA Little Bird Either Learns Its Name Or Dies
I've been wondering lately, do animals invent names? As in names for themselves? Names for each other? I've always thought that what we do when we call ourselves "Ralph" or "Laura" is unique, something...
View ArticleHow Chocolate Might Save The Planet
When you unwrap it, break off a piece and stick it in your mouth, it doesn't remind you of the pyramids, a suspension bridge or a skyscraper; but chocolate, says materials scientist Mark Miodownik, "is...
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