85.5Zealandia: Life in the Lost WorldBy Adrian Paterson inZoology | May 11th, 2020 | How life struggled to survive on Zealandia, the Atlantis of the Southern hemisphere.Read more ›
125Braided Streams: Evolutionary Dynamics Among Pleistocene Hominins in East AsiaBy Sheela Athreya inPaleobiology | September 30th, 2019 | Another paradigm shift is needed for understanding human evolution. Following ladders and bushes, welcome the era of braided streams.Read more ›
60.5Above and Beyond: In Search of an Improved SETI TheoryBy Milan Ćirković inCosmology | August 29th, 2019 | 2 | What has become of the Drake equation?Read more ›
220Disappearance of Ice Age Megafauna and the Younger Dryas ImpactBy Richard B. Firestone inPlanetary Science | July 24th, 2019 | 3 | New evidence from Greenland: Humans, it seems, are less guilty of driving the ice age megafauna to extinction than previously thought.Read more ›
221Sunspots, Grand Solar Minima, and Climate ChangeBy David Hathaway inPlanetary Science | June 19th, 2019 | 2 | Are we heading towards a new Grand Solar Minimum? Will reduced solar activity be able to dampen or even offset the global warming trend?Read more ›
228To Kill an Elephant Bird: The Extinction of Madagascar's Avian GiantsBy James Hansford inPaleobiology | May 20th, 2019 | The enormous Quaternary avian megafauna of Madagascar, the "elephant birds", have intrigued natural historians for centuries, inspiring mythical...Read more ›
103The Sound of Tuesday: The Links Between Synaesthesia, Savantism and AutismBy Daniel Bor inBrain & Nerves | March 30th, 2019 | When I started my PhD just over 20 years ago, my first brain-scanning experiment involved a simple short-term memory task:Read more ›
122The Surprising Diversity of Trans-Neptunian ObjectsBy Carly Howett inPlanetary Science | February 28th, 2019 | In the outskirts of the solar system, beyond Neptune, a surprisingly diverse world of icy celestial bodies, spearheaded by Pluto, is looming.Read more ›
193Alien Life: What to Expect Out ThereBy Stuart West inCosmology | January 19th, 2019 | 1 | Is there anything we can say about possible life forms outside of our home planet? Is there something like a blueprint for extra-terrestrial life?Read more ›
127Fading Stripes in Southeast Asia: Saving the Elusive Annamite Striped RabbitBy Andrew Tilker inZoology | December 18th, 2018 | 3 | The animal on my computer screen was almost too fantastical to believe: short ears and legs, tawny-brown body, inky stripes spilling across its...Read more ›