Saffron
February 2017Uses of this pricey commodity are emerging in the West; in the East, it has a long history.Said HuseynovSaffron flowersDuring the month of November, in the villages on the Absheron...
View ArticleThe Agony of 'Old Probabilities'
May 2017How a solar eclipse imperiled the life of America’s first weatherman.David BaronScientists on Pikes PeakExcerpted from David Baron’s forthcoming book American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to...
View ArticleRio Tinto and the Mines
May 2017The long-dormant site of Spain’s first environmental protest in 1888, revisited.Adam Lederer and Vicky Azcoitia View of Rio Tinto's ShoreThe brake is released and the engine sighs, before we...
View ArticleCurious about Curiosity
June 2017Neuroscientists are beginning to understand the connections.Mario Livio1960s printCopyright © 2017 by Mario Livio. From the forthcoming book WHY?: What Makes Us Curious by Mario Livio to be...
View ArticleDetecting the Next Volcanic Eruption
June 2017Satellite monitoring and networks of instruments on the ground can detect, but not predict, volcanic eruptions.David M. PyleShiveluch 2Reprinted with permission from Volcanoes: Encounters...
View ArticleGeoengineering
June 2017Doing something about the weather is no longer just talk.Mark DennyPlane launching a flareExcerpted from Making Sense of Weather and Climate by Mark Denny. Copyright © 2017 Columbia University...
View ArticleBarrens to Blueberries
June 2017One of the most damaged areas on the planet has been repaired, in part, by a lowly bush.Joseph D. Shorthouseconifers and birchSudbury, Ontario and its surrounds have been hard-hit in the past...
View ArticleLessons from the Osprey Garden
July-August 2017Continued osprey success depends on abundant menhaden.Anne W. Semmesflying ospreyPhotographs by Melissa GrooThis story was originally published in the Spring 2017 issue of Living Bird...
View ArticleGray Seals and White Sharks Meet Anew
July-August 2017With the return of nearly-extinct Gray Seals to New England waters come rarely-sighted White Sharks.Gregory B. Skomal and Stephanie A. Woodgray sealPhotographs by Robert S....
View ArticleKilling the Unkillable
July-August 2017Without new and transformative drugs, tuberculosis will persist.Kathryn LougheedMycobacterium tubercolosisAdapted from Catching Breath: The Making and Unmaking of Tuberculosis by...
View ArticleImprobable Replications
July-August 2017Replaying evolution, often but not inevitably, yields similar outcomes. Jonathan B. LososWiwaxia corrugataExcerpted from Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution...
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View ArticleProfiling a Pandemic
September 2017Who were the victims of the Spanish flu?Svenn-Erik MamelundMunch self-portraitAt the end of May 1918, the Spanish government was one of the first to admit that a new disease had emerged in...
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Ghost of Gombe
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View ArticleNeuroeconomics
March 2018Brains combine critical, immediate payoffs with exceptional costs.Sean O'Donnellarmy antsBrains are excellent organs for exploring the interplay between evolutionary opportunities and limits....
View ArticleRebuilding Cayo Santiago
July-August 2018Eight months after Hurricane Maria, this unique field site is still in recovery.Cassandre KaplinskyCayoInfantsAs you approach by motorboat, Cayo Santiago seems like a typical tropical...
View ArticleViruses: the Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
May 2019Some of these biological agents are being recruited to combat bacterial infections.Paul E. Turnernerve cell attack by virusBy every measure, viruses are the most successful inhabitants of the...
View ArticleWhat’s It All About, Algae?
June 2019These sun-powered green dynamos are so much more than pond scum.Ruth KassingerMature and daughter colonies of volvoxExcerpted from SLIME: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save...
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wilted
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View ArticleGray Seals and White Sharks Meet Anew
July-August 2017With the return of nearly-extinct Gray Seals to New England waters come rarely-sighted White Sharks.Gregory B. Skomal and Stephanie A. Woodgray sealPhotographs by Robert S....
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