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The Kinsey Scale Test and 3 other ways to find where you fall on the sexuality spectrum
Sep 17, 2021 3:00 PM
First Martian rock samples from Perseverance edge closer to settling water question
Sep 17, 2021 1:04 PM
This high-tech gunsight could allow soldiers to shoot around corners, Matrix-style
Sep 17, 2021 10:59 AM
Featured in Extinction
Mar 2, 2021
Identifying animals in photos is trickier than you might think
Images that supposedly showed the extinct thylacine were actually of a pademelon. But how could you even confuse the two?
Feb 21, 2020
Australia’s horrific fires may permanently change the country’s landscape
Climate change has altered the rules irrevocably.
Sep 17, 2019
Mass extinctions made life on Earth more diverse—and might again
Given another huge extinction event on the horizon, it's crucial that we figure out how they work sooner rather than later.
Aug 14, 2019
Aliens used to keep our fear of extinction at bay—then we realized how alone we are
How a silent cosmos got us thinking about the future.
Jul 1, 2019
After the dinosaurs died, lichens found a way
The asteroid that destroyed much of life on Earth allowed other species to thrive.
Jun 6, 2019
Are we killing off all the wild buffalo that still know how to roam?
Most of the bison that wander out of Yellowstone National Park are fair game.
May 22, 2019
Tigers don’t want to eat humans, but we’re not giving them much choice
Man-eating tigers are a by-product of the human-caused climate crisis.
May 7, 2019
The UN’s devastating extinction report, explained in 5 charts
Unpacking how we got here.
Apr 22, 2019
Say ‘aloha!’ to this not-actually-extinct Hawaiian flower
Megapixels: It was rediscovered by a drone.
