How did birds become birds? An interview with Jingmai O'Connor
Read now →The paleontologist and soon-to-be curator at the Field Museum on excavations, being a party animal, and imposter syndrome
Thinking of applying for the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship? Get inside tips from former fellows
Read now →A Q&A with four Massive Consortium members and Mass Media fellows
Climate change is heartbreaking. We can turn that pain towards action
Read now →Speaking with Katharine Wilkinson about Project Drawdown, intention, and different kinds of environmental heartbreak
The Blob, and other effects of climate change that we aren’t talking about
Read now →There’s more going on than just melting glaciers and sea-level rise
When antibiotics stopped working, these viruses saved a girl's life
Read now →Phage therapy is attracting renewed interest in treating highly resistant infections
By 2100, the ocean will be a different color
Read now →Incorporating the colored dissolved organic matter responsible for the color change improves the accuracy of climate models
Historical paintings can tell us how our food evolved
Read now →#ArtGenetics is a new project that aims to let us see through premodern artists' eyes
Worried about coronavirus? Try shaving
Read now →The CDC cautioned that certain facial hairstyles may interfere with respirators, though there's debate over the efficacy of masks
Coronavirus update: widespread diagnostic testing, bioRxiv, and two public health futures
Read now →Feb. 5th: 28 countries have confirmed cases
Scientists and journalists are furious at how PNAS promoted a recent study on female orgasms
Read now →What makes matters worse is that the study was done IN RABBITS!
Just like your dog, some wolf puppies can play fetch too
Read now →This finding might provide clues into how dogs evolved into such good boys
The summer slump happens in scientific publishing, too
Read now →You might want to wait a couple more weeks before submitting that next manuscript
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Can we take down the dude wall? Can universities glorify anyone besides white men?
Read now →Portrait collections showing only white male scientists send clear signals to anyone who does not fit the mold
What the “millennials are growing horns” story can teach us about scientific literacy
Read now →Consortium member Maddie Bender on how to decipher scientific findings that seem too weird to be true
RelativelyRisky points out the fine print in medical studies
Read now →This new Twitter account skewers our misunderstanding of absolute risk
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Rear Admiral Amazing Grace Hopper taught computers English
Read now →She recorded the first computer bug when a moth got caught in a relay switch
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Scientists have engineered a self-destruct button in bacteria
Read now →Sneaky molecular biology tricks bacteria into killing themselves, in place of antibiotics
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