Despite the CIA’s best efforts during the Cold War, using cats as spies became, unsurprisingly, a disaster. The 1960s were a wild time for the CIA. When they weren’t dosing each other with acid or ...

Ndanusa in Ghana, is gazing up at the stars, and wondering. Big philosophical questions, like… what keeps our universe in balance? From our perspective here on earth, the universe seems like a vast, ...

Snowy owls are beautiful and lovable, just ask any Harry Potter fan. But paparazzi are making their life difficult, and ...

Evidence is mounting that the wildly popular weight-loss medicines known as GLP-1s may also hold potential for treating addiction, and the field may be on the verge of obtaining desperately needed ...

The filmmaker behind “One Battle After Another” specializes in stories about people who are cut off, adrift, desperately seeking connection. His films are studies of American loneliness.

Although we may be loath to admit it, there sometimes appears to be a little magic in science. By magic, I refer to an overwhelming sense of wonder that accompanies surprising outcomes. Events over ...

Formed over thousands of years, the cenote was once a structure of limestone that collapsed under pressure.

Strouds Run State Park in Athens surrounds a pristine lake with ancient forest that creates an escape so complete, you’ll forget civilization exists just a few miles away. Let’s address something that ...

As we move through the world, we leave behind invisible traces of ourselves encased in the hair, skin, and other bodily ...

Adam Meyer receives funding from the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Kristy Ferraro receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By ...

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