nature

The wonderful world of life in a drop of water

What gardening taught me about life

To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift

The surprising science of alpha males

How a fleet of wind-powered drones is changing our understanding of the ocean

This deep-sea mystery is changing our understanding of life

Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it?

How to transform apocalypse fatigue into action on global warming

An economic case for protecting the planet

Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer

For the love of birds

Lessons from a solar storm chaser

How fungi recognize (and infect) plants

Could fish social networks help us save coral reefs?

Photos of Africa, taken from a flying lawn chair

You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse

How green is my city?

A Poem for Syria: Beyond a Geography of Violence

Why wildfires have gotten worse -- and what we can do about it

How LIGO discovered gravitational waves -- and what might be next

The fascinating secret lives of giant clams

Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change?

Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate

The biology of our best and worst selves

Meet the microscopic life in your home -- and on your face

What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet?

Why I still have hope for coral reefs

The science of cells that never get old

How the military fights climate change

How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet

The three different ways mammals give birth

Meet the tardigrade, the toughest animal on Earth

How vultures can help solve crimes

How your brain decides what is beautiful

You smell with your body, not just your nose

A burial practice that nourishes the planet