Cocaine Bear: Why?
Of course you want to watch a movie about a bear on drugs.
Science
The Year Without Germs Changed Kids
Children who spent their formative years in the bleach-everything era will certainly have different microbiomes. The question is whether different means bad.
The Transcendent Brain
Humans are evolutionarily drawn to beauty. How do such complex experiences emerge from a collection of atoms and molecules?
The ‘Mother of the Year’ Who Starved for 53 Months
In 2014, an octopus made headlines for starving herself while protecting her eggs. Why does she remind me of my mom?
Underground Cables Are Taking the Planet’s Pulse
Geologists are using fiber optics to monitor earthquakes, volcanoes, and traffic noise.
Fur Seals Made a Tremendous Comeback. That Might Be a Problem.
The once-endangered species is now wreaking havoc on coastal vegetation, putting Antarctica at risk.
The Most Overhyped Space Movie
2001: A Space Odyssey is prescient, beautiful, and entirely unsatisfactory.
Dolphins Might Have Elite Spice Tolerance
Chili-pepper-laced fishing nets can’t keep the marine predators away.
The World Could Be Entering a New Era of Climate War
Runaway climate change once seemed like it could spur violence. Now a different risk has emerged.
Thanksgiving’s Most Underrated Food
All hail the sweet potato.