
Love Isn’t Just about Romance. Here’s How Nonromantic Bonds Shape Our Lives
Valentine’s Day often focuses on romance, but deep friendships deserve love, too. Here’s why they matter.
Love Isn’t Just about Romance. Here’s How Nonromantic Bonds Shape Our Lives
Valentine’s Day often focuses on romance, but deep friendships deserve love, too. Here’s why they matter.
Why Elon Musk’s ‘Fork in the Road’ Is Really a Dead End
Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road isn’t just a sculpture—it’s a monument to the tech world’s obsession with civilizational survival, which has its roots in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
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Can Trump Just Order New Names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico?
A geographer explains how maps’ place names, such as the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, are decided
Teaching Evolution Has a Bright Future in the U.S.
A century after the Scopes trial, hopeful prospects beckon for teaching the unifying principle of the biological sciences in the U.S.’s classrooms
February 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
Ant talk; vegetation on Mars
The Forgotten History of the Discovery of Human Brainwaves
The centennial of the discovery of brain waves in humans exposes a chilling tale involving Nazis, war between Russia and Ukraine, suicide and the vicissitudes of history
January 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
The J particle; a nitroglycerin engine
An Incredible Story of Scientific Questing, Botany and Danger on the Colorado River
This is a science adventure story. Take a wild journey down the Colorado River in the company of two pioneering botanists: Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter.
World’s Oldest Alphabet Found on an Ancient Clay Gift Tag
A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet rather than hieroglyphs or cuneiform
Could AI Ghosts of Ancient Civilizations Help Us Connect with Bygone Cultures?
Social psychologists could turn artificial-intelligence-powered tools like ChatGPT on to writings from past cultures. Will this help us study ancient civilizations?
Carolyn Beatrice Parker’s Work on the Manhattan Project Inspired Her Birthplace Generations Later
This Black physicist’s work on the Manhattan Project inspired a County in Florida two generations after her death
December 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
Alcohol in space; basking in the limelight