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The loss of ice on Kilimanjaro and other peaks will upend ecosystems and livelihoods.

Raising questions about the next generation of health wearables.

His brilliant method of pollination is now used by all vanilla growers.

His brilliant method of pollination is now used by all vanilla growers.

Asteroids, boxing, and hallucinations, in the editor’s note from Print Issue 54.

The first observation of humpback whale copulation reveals a surprise.

In the new book Purpose, a Yale psychiatrist argues Darwinian forces are divinely guided.

A controversial theory can explain phenomena attributed to the mystery planet.

Over 72 million Americans are obese—a condition associated with a plethora of negative health outcomes including diabetes, cancer, and heart problems. But Americans’ eating habits aren’t obesity’s only cause, and we’ve suspected as much for a long time now. In 1932, the California Medical Association noted that “the inborn disposition to obesity may be very […]

In his 2003 book, Being No One, Thomas Metzinger contends there is no such thing as a “self.” Rather, the self is a kind of transparent information-processing system. “You don’t see it,” he writes. “But you see with it.” Metzinger has given a good amount of thought to the nature of our subjective experience—and how […]