A Tyrannosaurus rex mom is built for tearing flesh—and blending in
In “Tyrant Lizard Queen,” a T. rex mother passes her unique build, from powerful jaw to tiny arms, on to her newly hatched offspring.
Isabella Rossellini on how acting connects to animal cognition
Should we anthropomorphize animals or not? An actor and an ecologist share what they’ve learned about animal cognition.
Kazuo Ishiguro on emotional truth in sci-fi and in our AI reality
Five years after “Klara and the Sun” was published, the film adaptation exists in an entirely different AI landscape.
Is that garbage can bear resistant? These bears will find out
In the name of safety, test engineers turn pill bottles over to kids, launch dead chickens through jet engines, and let bears loose on coolers.
How ‘problem bears’ became test engineers’ allies
In “Kobuk the Destroyer,” a bear finds an unlikely job using the destructive flair that took him out of the wild to begin with.
Could a whale swallow a human, ‘Whalefall’ style?
In the new movie “Whalefall,” a scuba diver has a very bad day in the guts of a sperm whale. Could it actually happen?
Why do politicians talk like that?
A linguist weighs in on how “politician speak” has changed over the past century, and what it says about what we want from our leaders.
Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day and the women who made the internet
For Ada Lovelace Day, our 2018 story about the women who made the internet, with the author of “Broad Band” and the founder of EchoNYC.
Are attachment styles more than a social media trend?
Attachment styles have taken off as a way to understand relationships. But does the science behind it line up with popular interpretations?
What are ‘sleeping beauties’ in the world of knowledge?
In a new book, artist David Byrne explores how important ideas are forgotten—and then remembered—over time.