Interview Nicolas Mathevon on The Voices of Nature July 27, 2023 Did you know that elephant seals recognize each other by voice? That flies emit sounds with their wings to communicate during courtship? That bird nestlings learn their song by imitating an adult?聽The world of animal communication is far more incredible than you might think. Read More
Interview In dialogue: Rethinking climate change and catastrophe July 18, 2023 This month, in pursuit of clarity and advice, we gathered some of our authors and asked the following question: How should we think about the future in the face of climate change? Their perspectives offer us the tools to collectively rethink catastrophe in order to generate alternative possibilities of hope, action, or simple awareness regarding the planet and its beings. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Athena Aktipis on the evolutionary drivers of cancer July 17, 2023 When most of us consider the driving forces of cancer, not many of us would consider evolution to be one of them. It wasn鈥檛 until she began her research that Athena Aktipis realized that not only is cancer a living and ever evolving entity, but it is evolution itself that has paved the way for cancer鈥檚 ubiquity. Read More
Interview Peter Grant on Enchanted by Daphne May 31, 2023 In his revelatory book, Grant takes readers from his childhood in World War聽II鈥揺ra Britain to his ongoing research today in the Gal谩pagos archipelago. Read More
Podcast Period: The Real Story of Menstruation May 31, 2023 Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Kate Clancy on the magic and mysteries of menstruation May 04, 2023 The science of menstruation, something that over half the world does for months and years on end, has come a long way. At one point scientists were dismissive, assuming that periods had no purpose to the body. Read More
Essay Truth matters: Why we should fight disinformation at all costs April 25, 2023 Why can some social insects carry out what nonhuman primates can鈥檛? The answer lies in large-scale collaboration. Read More
Essay Reproductive justice includes the right to stop contraception April 04, 2023 Contraception rebellion is all over social media these days. Many people are going off of hormonal contraception, digging out their implants, foregoing injections鈥� and pulling on that little IUD string dangling from their cervix. Read More
Essay Venki Ramakrishnan on Virtual You March 24, 2023 What are the prospects of simulating ourselves in a computer? At first sight, this sounds more science fiction than fact. Read More
Podcast The Sounds of Life February 16, 2023 The natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many beyond human hearing range. Scientists are using groundbreaking digital technologies to uncover these astonishing sounds, revealing vibrant communication among our fellow creatures across the Tree of Life. Read More
Essay Parasites and the interconnected biosphere December 13, 2022 One of the most fascinating things that a young person can experience in the complex realm of biology is the discovery of an animal living inside another animal. The questions that arise when these kinds of animals are encountered for the first time are innumerable and, if answered carefully, may lead to even more questions and, hopefully, more answers. Read More
Essay Listening to the tree of life November 02, 2022 Listening to nature is an ancient art. But for most of human history, our ability to listen to other species was constrained. Humans are unable to hear many of the myriad sounds made by other species. Read More
Podcast Listen in: The Sounds of Life October 12, 2022 The natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many beyond human hearing range. Scientists are using groundbreaking digital technologies to uncover these astonishing sounds, revealing vibrant communication among our fellow creatures across the Tree of Life. Read More
Essay Dinosaurs are more and less unknown than you think August 22, 2022 Even if you aren鈥檛 interested in dinosaurs, it鈥檚 almost impossible not to absorb some information from the endless swirl of discoveries reported in the media, new documentaries and even movies (of bother greater and lesser quality). Read More
Interview David Hone on How Fast Did T. rex Run? August 08, 2022 How did dinosaurs rear their young? What did they eat? What did聽T. rex聽actually do with those tiny arms? Read More
