This map of Europe’s 20 most populous islands holds a few surprises and unlocks a truckload of trivia.
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A new study examines the under-researched area of water theft around the world.
Some intriguing examples of people grooming the land for the unseen observer above.
Let’s talk about swans. All swans are birds or, more specifically, waterfowl. They are large and sport long, slender necks. They migrate south for the winter, traveling in that eye-catching […]
New research sees dogs checking a North-South axis on their way home.
All of these conflicts have a long history. They may also have a long future.
It’s one of the nation’s worst oil spills on record.
To get a sense of faraway places, these ‘atlases’ let the locals give you their perspective.
Even the ones hunting for aliens aren’t excited. Here’s the reason why. In this world, there are very few issues more polarizing than the notion of aliens. For as long as […]
We catalogue seven more board games to teach children science, problem-solving, and even foster their creativity.
Perspective twisting books on biology, social science, medical science, cosmology, and tech.
The oldest known cave-dwelling arthropods have been discovered preserved in amber.
The only doubts are completely unreasonable. Where did the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, come from? Over the past few weeks, there’s been a tremendous push — largely among politicians but also […]
The following is an excerpt from Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity by Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw. Reprinted with Permission from The MIT PRESS. Copyright 2021. Koch’s Postulates, Anthrax, […]
Spiders, fish, birds, and bats all break with their daily routines.
Despite the enormous flood of recent reports, there’s no good evidence for a lab leak. At the very end of 2019, a new disease began to emerge in humans: COVID-19. Originally […]
An unexpectedly revealing find in Mongolia solves a longstanding riddle.
Antisocial is a deep dive into the extremist views.
In the village of Kongthong, villagers don’t call each other by their name; instead, they call out using unique, bespoke tunes that resemble birdsong.
Giant Christmas image took 80 miles and nine hours to make
Study finds that a colony’s exposure to pesticides impairs offspring.
As a doctor, I am reminded every day of the fragility of the human body, how closely mortality lurks just around the corner.
Artist, “bird noticer”, and concerned citizen of the digital state of the world Jenny Odell looks at many different ways of resisting the attention economy, sinking into the reality of our lives, and finding solidarity and agency with others.
The world’s most isolated inhabited island also has some of the world’s strangest toponyms.
If you forgot to defrost your turkey, definitely don’t put it in a deep fryer. Every year, households all across the United States face a troubling dilemma with no good solutions: […]
Iranian Tolkien scholar finds intriguing parallels between subcontinental geography and famous map of Middle-earth.
Penguin poop and climate change are fuelling the spread of ‘snow algae’ down the Antarctic Peninsula
Project to map global ‘species richness’ highlights the variety of biodiversity itself
Just before I turned 60, I discovered that sharing my story by drawing could be an effective way to both alleviate my symptoms and combat that stigma.