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
Podcast The Secret Body August 04, 2022 Imagine knowing years in advance whether you are likely to get cancer or having a personalized understanding of your individual genes, organs, and cells. Imagine being able to monitor your body鈥檚 well-being, or have a diet tailored to your microbiome.聽 Read More
Essay A look inside The Secret Body July 27, 2022 Imagine yourself as an alien with an exceptionally powerful telescope trying to understand what happens on Earth. Read More
Podcast Why Trust Science? December 14, 2021 Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don鈥檛? Read More
Podcast Listen in: The Genetic Lottery September 22, 2021 In The Genetic Lottery, Kathryn Paige Harden introduces readers to the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous ideas about racial superiority and challenging us to grapple with what equality really means in a world where people are born different. Read More
Interview Kathryn Paige Harden on The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality September 20, 2021 In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that聽DNA聽makes us different, in our personalities and in our health鈥攁nd in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society. Read More
Interview Daniel M. Davis on The Secret Body August 29, 2021 New science of the human body is changing our lives. In The Secret Body, leading scientist Daniel M. Davis looks across six frontiers鈥攃ells, the embryo, the body鈥檚 organs and tissues, the brain, the microbiome, and the human genome鈥攚here revolutionary new understanding is emerging. Read More
Podcast Listen in: The Secret Body August 24, 2021 Imagine knowing years in advance whether you are likely to get cancer or having a personalized understanding of your individual genes, organs, and cells. Imagine being able to monitor your body鈥檚 well-being, or have a diet tailored to your microbiome. Read More
Essay The birth of biology July 29, 2021 It is impossible to pinpoint the precise moment when the first notions of our modern understanding of biology emerged. Our interest in the natural world is not a new phenomenon鈥攁 preoccupation with reproduction, birth, and the nature of disease, as well as descriptions of animal and plant species, can be traced back to ancient times. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Delicious April 22, 2021 Start listening to Chapter 1 of Delicious by Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez鈥攁 savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution. Read More
Video A cordial invitation to explore the science and history of flavor April 13, 2021 Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? Read More
Essay Wasps, and their unsung contributions to the ecosystem February 27, 2021 The sting. Pain is what we associate with the word 鈥渨asp,鈥� because our definition of wasp is far too narrow. Read More
Essay Celebrating women in STEM February 11, 2021 International Day of Women and Girls in Science marks an opportunity to celebrate the brilliant women whose ideas have graced our bookshelves and touched our minds. Read More
Essay Jeremy DeSilva on A Most Interesting Problem January 22, 2021 On February 24, 1871 Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, a follow-up to his most famous book On the Origin of Species. Read More
Podcast Can we bring extinct species back? January 05, 2021 Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? In聽How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ancient聽DNA聽research, addresses this intriguing question by walking readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. Read More
