We’re using power developed for nuclear weapons to power our probes. What happens when they run out?
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Meet the New Strains
A COVID mutation may be coming to a town near you – why is that?
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Waiting For Herd Immunity is Not the Answer
What price are we willing to pay to get rid of COVID-19?
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The Nib Interview: Flat-Earther Mark Sargent
The biggest scam of all: Planet Earth?!
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When “Peanuts” Went All-In on Vaccinations
Charles Schulz used his culturally monolithic comic strip to advocate for public health. But his approach had some serious shortcomings.
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When Good Scientists Go Bad
Science doesn’t make you magically objective, and it’s not separate from the rest of human experience.
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Who Owns An Asteroid?
Celestial bodies like Bennu could help us tell Earth’s origin story. Or they could be strip-mined for resources.
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A Delicious History of “Meatless Meat”
Non-meat proteins have a long history – and are looking more like the necessary food of the future.
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What You Might Not Know About the Declaration of Independence
July 4th celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but we don’t even have the original!
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There Are Hundreds of Billions of Galaxies. Where Are All the Aliens?
The cosmos is quiet. TOO quiet. Why haven’t we found proof of extraterrestrial life?
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