No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird
People didn’t know where yellow-spotted goannas laid their eggs, until one team started digging.
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The UFO Trap
Whenever UFOs make the news, standards of skepticism start to slip.
When ‘the Aliens Are Us’
Two astronomers tracked the star systems that, if they had life, could look toward us and discover our planet the same way we detect others.
The Only Way We’ll Know When We Need COVID-19 Boosters
Research can tell us only so much. The rest is a waiting game.
A Major New Index Fund Should Unnerve Climate-Skeptical CEOs
The hedge fund that staged a revolt at Exxon last month is now recruiting an army of mom-and-pop investors for future battles.
A Slimy Calamity Is Creeping Across the Sea
The sea snot blanketing Turkey’s coastline isn’t just gross—it’s also smothering animals underwater.
Blue Animals Are Different From All the Rest
Some of the colors we see on creatures such as blue jays and poison-dart frogs aren’t created by pigments at all.
The Immune System’s Weirdest Weapon
For decades, neutrophils have been miscast as mindless grunts. They’re more like super-soldiers.
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How the U.S. Made Progress on Climate Change Without Ever Passing a Bill
A “green vortex” is saving America’s climate future.
Drivers Never Learn the One Lesson of Cicada Season
Brood X always leaves behind a spate of weird stories.