What We Can Never, Ever Know: Does Science Have Limits?
I got two books in the mail that, if they could have, would've poked, scratched and ripped each others' pages out. I don't know if Martin Gardner and Patricia Churchland ever met, but their books show...
View ArticleBorn Wet, Human Babies Are 75 Percent Water. Then Comes Drying
Look at this baby.Lovely, no? Now think of this baby abstractly — as a sack of hundreds of millions of atoms.
View ArticleOn Thanksgiving, Everybody Needs A Friend — And That Means Everybody
Last December, a website called The Morning Newsasked me to describe the most important and unimportant events of my year. So I sent them a story that felt like both to me, something slight but at the...
View ArticleScience Reporter Emily Graslie Reads Her Mail — And It's Not So Nice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNt7ZLY0Kc
View ArticleOne Man. One Cat. Multiplied
We start with a man called Mike and a cat called Ella. Two creatures.Nothing odd about them, except that Mike has a beard and Ella is a touch chunky. Otherwise, they could be any cat and guy. Except...
View ArticleWhat Chickadees Have That I Want. Badly
First I look in my right coat pocket. Nothing. Then my left. Nothing. Then my pants, right side — no. Then my pants, left side — yes! This is me at my front door, looking for my keys. Every day.I have...
View ArticleAnimal Loses Head But Remembers Everything
When I first saw this," says cell biologist Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, "it was with total amazement."This is a worm. It's called a planarian. It's about an inch long, and you'll find it gliding along...
View Article'You're Invisible, But I'll Eat You Anyway.' Secrets Of Snow-Diving Foxes
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View ArticleBillboards That Drop Angels On Your Head
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View ArticleAm I Going To Die This Year? A Mathematical Puzzle
A few years ago, physicist Brian Skinnerasked himself: What are the odds I will die in the next year? He was 25. What got him wondering about this, I have no idea, but, hey, it's something everybody...
View ArticleA Rain Forest Begins With Rain, Right? Is This A Trick Question?
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View Article'Don't Touch Me,' Said Canada. 'I Won't!' Said The U.S.A. So They Moved 20...
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View ArticleCome Dance With Me
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View ArticlePlants Talk. Plants Listen. Here's How
They don't have eyes. Or ears. Or what we would call a nervous system. But plants can talk. And they listen. Let me show you how.First, we'll need a plant eater. This one's perfect: It's an aphid, a...
View ArticleListen To These Lovely Cats. No, Actually, Don't
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbmObjwrB5U
View ArticleDraw My Left! No, No, My Other Left! A Hidden Bias In Art History Revealed
Look at this guy.He is half-smiley, half-frowny. I drew the mouth carefully to make it equal parts sad and happy.But when you look at him — take him in whole — would you say he's having a good day or a...
View ArticleDid Homer Simpson Actually Solve Fermat's Last Theorem? Take A Look
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