“Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone.”
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Are These Clams Key to Climate Adaptation?
“They have carried different names — from maritime menace to indigenous delicacy to scientific marvel — yet none alone captures their multitude.”
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When Baseball Threw Physics a Curve
“Sports, science, and collective delusion.”
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Editing Nature To Fix Our Failures
“Gene editing may enable us to prevent a species from ever becoming extinct in the first place. But should we?”
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Inside the Audacious Mission to Bring a Rare Toad Back From the Brink
“The amphibian ‘IVF clinic’ fighting to save the first amphibian ever afforded federal protections.”
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In Arizona, a Fight Against a Deadly Fungus Is Under Threat From Trump’s Health Policies
“What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.”
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Have We Been Measuring Mountains All Wrong?
“A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out Everest has steep competition.”
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She Was a Quiet Bird Expert. Then She Was Called to Investigate a Murder in Maine.
“How a mild-mannered scientist named Roxie Laybourne created the field of forensic ornithology.”
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Science Cheats: A Reading List on Unscrupulous Scientists
Six stories on the shady side of scholarship.
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Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
“After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?”