Big Picture Science

In Living Color

The world is a colorful place, and human eyes have evolved to take it in – from vermillion red to...

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The T-Rex Files

T-Rex is having an identity crisis. Rocking the world of paleontology is the claim that Rex was...

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Neanderthal in the Family**

Back off, you Neanderthal! It sounds as if you’ve just been dissed, but maybe you should take it...

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Night Flight

Owls are both the most accessible and elusive of birds. Every child can recognize one, but you’ll...

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Extraordinary Ordinary Objects

“To live is to count and to count is to calculate.” But before we plugged in the computer to...

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Like Lightning*

Every second, lightning strikes 50 to 100 times somewhere. It can wreak havoc by starting...

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Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality*

Poisonous snakes, lightning strikes, a rogue rock from space. There are plenty of scary things to...

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Going Multicellular

Imagine life without animals, trees, and fungi. The world would look very different. But while...

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How Hot is Too Hot?

Extreme heat is taking its toll on the natural world. We use words like “heat domes” and...

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Skeptic Check: Near Death Experiences

Near death experiences can be profound and even life changing. People describe seeing bright...

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Into the Deep*

Have you ever heard worms arguing? Deep-sea scientists use hydrophones to eavesdrop on...

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What's a Few Degrees?

Brace yourself for heatwave “Lucifer.” Dangerous deadly heatwaves may soon be so common that we...

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Building a Space Colony*

Ready to become a space emigre? For half a century, visionaries have been talking about our...

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Talk the Walk*

Birds and bees do it … and so do fish. In a discovery that highlights the adaptive benefits of...

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A Twist of Slime*

Your daily mucus output is most impressive. Teaspoons or measuring cups can’t capture its entire...

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Granting Immunity*

“Diversity or die” could be your new health mantra. Don’t boost your immune system, cultivate it!...

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Skeptic Check: UFO Conspiracy

UFOs are back. This time they’ve landed on Capitol Hill in the form of a public, congressional...

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We'll Always Have Parasites

Imagine tapeworms longer than the height of an adult human. Or microbes that turn their hosts...

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Measure For Measure

Whether in miles or pounds, meters or kilograms, we take daily measure out our lives. But how did...

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Fantastic-er Voyage*

Thinking small can sometimes achieve big things. A new generation of diminutive robots can enter...

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