The 9,000-year reason you can’t stomach a cricket
Hunger is global. Sustainability is urgent. But put a grasshopper in a European kitchen, and things get weird.
For decades, we told ourselves the disgust...
Waking up in the dark
After 321 days asleep. Just cold and quiet and far away.
New Horizons is awake.
The probe drifted deep into the Kuiper Belt to save power....
Basking Sharks Are Back. Now What?
Sightings are up. Again.
For the Isle of Man, this year breaks a long, quiet streak. Basking sharks, those gentle, endangered giants, are swimming these...
The Silence of the Forests
It’s April. Sunday. The minibus terminal in Sukubumi, Indonesia, looks tired from the street. But hang back, round the corner, where the air is...
Our galaxy is broken
Astronomers think they miscalculated everything.
The Milky Way isn’t what we thought it was. It’s bigger. Heavier. And distinctly lopsided. Scientists finally stopped guessing based...
Heat, Dust, and Dry Taps
Another day at 35C.
The UK is baking. And it’s going to stay this way until next week ends. Five million people can forget about...
Headbands and high-tech breathing
Nausea. It happens to nearly half of us.
For 12 percent? A chronic, unglamorous companion. Kids get it worse. We mostly just endure it with...
The Gas Math No One Wanted To Check
The numbers don’t look great if you squint. But Jackdaw says don’t.
Adura, the owner of that controversial North Sea gas field, released a new...
The Coin Flip That Cheats Probability
Can you solve it. This TV show is brilliant. Or at least the math is.
Picture the setup. You and a friend get picked from...
Schrödinger’s Ghost
Erwin Schrödinger didn’t ask permission to cross boundaries.
In 1944, he wrote What Is Life?, a small book with outsized consequences. He started by telling...
