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Stories from Laura Helmuth

Under the right conditions, patterns emerge from the brain's monumental complexity.

Beauty of the Brain

Stunning new images reveal the marvelous and mysterious world inside our heads

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Good News for Food Safety

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Weirdest Pizza Toppings

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It’s Hawk Watch Season

The consequences of burning fossil fuels are already apparent.  We have just begun to see the effects of human-induced climate change.

The Ten Most Disturbing Scientific Discoveries

Scientists have come to some surprising conclusions about the world and our place in it. Are some things just better left unknown?

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Riled up About Geoengineering

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The Greatest Hits of Science

Abraham Lincoln ca. 1846, photographed in Springfield Illinois by N.H. Shepherd

Abraham Lincoln, True Crime Writer

While practicing law in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln defended a man in a highly unusual case and later recounted the mystery as a short story

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Visualize More Sunshine

We’re past the winter solstice, bringing more sunlight to the Northern Hemisphere

Birds That Fish… With Bait

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