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October 5, 2016
Bernadette Gray-Little
Science is Important. So Why Aren’t Candidates Talking About It?
October 4, 2016
Martha Henriques
For Intersex Activists, There is Beauty in Difference
September 29, 2016
Frank T. McAndrew
Why Clowns Creep Us Out
A psychologist explains our cultural coulrophobia.
September 23, 2016
Adam Gaffney
How ADHD Was Sold
A new book outlines an epidemic of over-diagnosis and addiction.
September 16, 2016
Shontavia Johnson
The Science of Going Viral
What can memetics tell us about Internet culture?
September 13, 2016
Michael Regnier
The Scientist Who Gave Himself Away
August 23, 2016
Shannon Stirone
Where No Miner Has Gone Before
It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for asteroid prospectors.
August 9, 2016
Stefano Balietti
Science Is Suffering Because of Peer Review’s Big Problems
How to reform the journal publication process.
July 12, 2016
Andy Extance
Why Are We Still Waiting for the Male Pill?
Despite decades of promising research, the many men who want their own contraceptive pill still have nothing.
June 16, 2016
Adam Gaffney
The Dawn of Antidepressants
Have antidepressant drugs ever truly worked—and does that matter?
June 14, 2016
Emma Young
Why Are So Many of Us Over-Sensitive?
There may be a scientific explanation (and upside) to sensory issues.
May 2, 2016
Magazine
Ben Crair
The Cure For Fear
Scientists have discovered a radical new way to treat our most traumatic memories.
April 26, 2016
Jenny Morber
Dead Man’s Sperm
What drives the partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? A journey into the fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.
April 19, 2016
Geoff Watts
The One-Armed Robot That Will Look After Me Until I Die
April 15, 2016
Joshua Shepherd
Octopuses Are Smart, But Are They Conscious?
How Inky's daring escape calls animal intelligence into question.
April 12, 2016
Peter Bowes
The Experimental Diet That Mimics a Rare Genetic Mutation
A rare genetic disorder protects its carriers from disease and aging. What if a diet could replicate its effects?
April 11, 2016
Deborah Berry
The Sharing Economy Comes to Scientific Research
How pooling resources can save scientists time and money.
April 8, 2016
Samuel Redman
Why Do We Still Flock to Exhibits of Dead People?
The reason "Body Worlds" and copycat exhibits attract visitors.
April 5, 2016
Elizabeth Basha
How Drones Can Improve Scientific Research
They aren't just for Amazon anymore.
April 5, 2016
Georgina Kenyon
Australia’s Other “Flying Doctors”: The Spirits of Aboriginal Bush Healers
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