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Before there was a periodic table, there was chemical chaos

Before there was a periodic table, there was chemical chaos

By Paul Strathern

GPS gives directions, but what does it take away?

GPS gives directions, but what does it take away?

By M.R. O'Connor

Underground Will Hunt book excerpt sensory perception studies

What happens when humans spend too much time in the dark

andy weir answers tweets for popular science

‘The Martian’ author Andy Weir answers your questions about Mars

By Tom McNamara

glass bottles on a shelf with handwritten labels

So, what’s the deal with homeopathy?

By Justin McElroy and Dr. Sydnee McElroy

There’s a zombie attack happening right now. It involves crickets.

There’s a zombie attack happening right now. It involves crickets.

What does math look like to mathematicians?

Sorry, hot yoga fans. Sweating doesn’t cleanse your body.

Fitness & Exercise

Sorry, hot yoga fans. Sweating doesn’t cleanse your body.

12 tips for organizing your work space

By Gareth Branwyn

stack of green books

18 water-themed books to dive into this month

By Mary Beth Griggs

stack of green books

How we discovered three poisonous books in our university library

By Jakob Povl Holck and Kaare Lund Rasmussen/The Conversation

Looking for a book? Try these tales of strange brains, ancient whales, and Hamilton’s forgotten doctor.

Looking for a book? Try these tales of strange brains, ancient whales, and Hamilton’s forgotten doctor.

By Mary Beth Griggs

New science books to read this weekend

New science books to read this weekend

By Mary Beth Griggs

Five new science books you should read this month

Five new science books you should read this month

By Mary Beth Griggs

Star Trek, James Bond, and the trip from science fiction to science fact

Science Fiction

Star Trek, James Bond, and the trip from science fiction to science fact

By Andy McElfresh

‘Speed reading’ isn’t real, but you can still train yourself to read faster

‘Speed reading’ isn’t real, but you can still train yourself to read faster

By Eleanor Cummins

How the deadly worldwide pandemic, the Spanish Flu, got its name

How the deadly worldwide pandemic, the Spanish Flu, got its name

By Laura Spinney

What happened when a ship packed with six million pounds of explosives went up in flames

What happened when a ship packed with six million pounds of explosives went up in flames

By By: John U. Bacon

Praying on Apollo

These Really Rare Apollo Images Put the Program in a New Light

By Amy Shira Teitel

Buildings of the future might be constructed by swarms of robots

Buildings of the future might be constructed by swarms of robots

By Zach and Kelly Weinersmith

This is the absolute grossest thing about living in space

This is the absolute grossest thing about living in space

Longhorn beetle

These are the most beautiful pictures of bugs you will ever see

By Mary Beth Griggs

These creatures are smart, playful, and incredibly alien

These creatures are smart, playful, and incredibly alien

By Sy Montgomery

Meet the man fighting to save our country’s rarest chickens

Meet the man fighting to save our country’s rarest chickens

By Maryn McKenna

How to publish your own ebook

How to publish your own ebook

FedEx has some pretty intense plans to get through any potential disaster

FedEx has some pretty intense plans to get through any potential disaster

By Kathryn Miles

Charles Dickens’s belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London’s hottest debate

Charles Dickens’s belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London’s hottest debate

Allen Telescope Array

How Jill Tarter helped bring SETI’s alien-seeking Allen Telescope Array to life

By Sarah Scoles

Why Morse code is actually a really weird way to communicate

Why Morse code is actually a really weird way to communicate

By Dean Buonomano

America’s standard, bland beer is slowly being replaced by the weird stuff

America’s standard, bland beer is slowly being replaced by the weird stuff

By Patrick E. McGovern

Fun activities for your next vacation to Mercury

By Olivia Koski & Jana Grcevich

The training accident that almost ruined my chance to be an astronaut

The training accident that almost ruined my chance to be an astronaut

By By: Leland Melvin

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt

By William Rosen

How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past

How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past

By Brenna Hassett

Crinum cassicaule

Behind the scenes of the most beautiful botanical sketches

By Helen & William Bynum

Kids with books

Reading with your baby will help her for the rest of her life

By Sara Chodosh

star clusters overlaid with pink and blue colors

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why dark matter matters (and is kind of our frenemy)

By Neil deGrasse Tyson

Your sense of smell is actually pretty amazing

Your sense of smell is actually pretty amazing

The evolutionary history of your incredibly awkward feelings

The evolutionary history of your incredibly awkward feelings

Burning bones helped prove that women were poisoned by glowing paint

orange spiky sea cucumber in the water

Sea cucumbers have a secret superpower

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When politicians link immigrants to disease, the science just doesn’t add up

By Dave Levitan

The play-by-play of a total solar eclipse

The play-by-play of a total solar eclipse

Old books actually smell like chocolate and coffee

By Mary Beth Griggs

Want to understand infinity? Start with puff pastry.

Want to understand infinity? Start with puff pastry.

By Eugenia Cheng

Feathers in the colors of the rainbow

Organizing the natural world by color makes for some seriously satisfying photos

By Julie Seabrook Ream

Living with a lynx—for science

Living with a lynx—for science

By Thomas McNamee

a humble bound book

3D printing is tackling what may be its biggest challenge yet: the humble book

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

We need to protect the world’s soil before it’s too late

We need to protect the world’s soil before it’s too late

Why preserving wild spaces is important to agriculture

Why preserving wild spaces is important to agriculture

The quest to engineer entire organs in a lab

The quest to engineer entire organs in a lab

Scientists are experimenting with an entire town’s sleep

Scientists are experimenting with an entire town’s sleep

By Benjamin Reiss

This is how your brain constructs emotions

This is how your brain constructs emotions

By Lisa Feldman Barrett

What are the ethics of creating new life in a simulated universe?

What are the ethics of creating new life in a simulated universe?

By Zeeya Merali

What’s next for the drone war?

What’s next for the drone war?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How the Pacific Ocean changes weather around the world

How the Pacific Ocean changes weather around the world

By Simon Winchester

10 incredible space photos from astronaut Don Pettit’s new book

International Space Station

10 incredible space photos from astronaut Don Pettit’s new book

A Comic-Book Cure for Climate Change

A Comic-Book Cure for Climate Change

By Jeremy Deaton

Cooking With Seaweed

Cooking With Seaweed

pearlfish and a sea cucumber

This Fish Burrows Up A Sea Cucumber’s Anus For Safety (And Food)

What It’s Like To Spacewalk For The First Time

Space Telescope

What It’s Like To Spacewalk For The First Time

Under The Microscope, Food Has A Big Personality

Under The Microscope, Food Has A Big Personality

By Nadia Berenstein

How To Train Your Cat Using Science

‘Neon Fever Dream’ Is The Craziest Burning Man Story That Never Happened

‘Neon Fever Dream’ Is The Craziest Burning Man Story That Never Happened

By Carl Franzen