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I Will Stand My Ground

Feb 24, 2026

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5 min read

I Will Stand My Ground

The Economist's Science Correspondent Matt Kaplan tells tales of scientists who have had to fight for their ideas to be accepted.

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Science

The Innocents Can Never Last

Jan 6, 2026

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7 min read

The Innocents Can Never Last

Exploring the reality of death and the quackery of longevity products with Nobel Prize winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan

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Science

Oh-ho-ho, It's Magic!

Nov 13, 2025

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5 min read

Oh-ho-ho, It's Magic!

The catchy tune helped sell Ozempic, which suddenly was everywhere. But the weight loss drug had a long road to overnight success.

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Science

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Ticket to Ride

Nov 7, 2025

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6 min read

Ticket to Ride

Gemini, the middle child between Mercury and Apollo in the 1960's US space program, gave Apollo its ticket to the moon.

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Science

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I've seen the future and it will be...  Batman

Oct 2, 2025

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6 min read

I've seen the future and it will be... Batman

An expert gives us the inside story of bats and the scientists who study them.

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Science

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Throw a Rope Around the Moon

Jul 17, 2025

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6 min read

Throw a Rope Around the Moon

A life long sailor dives deep into the history of rope and explores how central it has been to human progress.

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Religion / Philosophy

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Asking the Big Question About Bigfoot

Apr 10, 2025

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8 min read

Asking the Big Question About Bigfoot

Not whether Bigfoot exists, but why we have a need to believe...

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Science

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Feb 20, 2025

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5 min read

Just What the Doctor Ordered

The good things that happen when healthcare professionals flip the script and, rather than ask "What's the matter with you?", they instead ask "What matters to you?"

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Science

Plants and Animals, Evolving Together

Feb 13, 2025

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5 min read

Plants and Animals, Evolving Together

Science Writer and paleontologist Riley Black takes us through a brief history of the evolution of plants and animals, and the impacts they had on each other in the world's changing environments.

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Science

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The Truth is Out There

Feb 15, 2024

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7 min read

The Truth is Out There

Garrett Graff delves into the long history of UFO sightings, the search for aliens, and the American government's response to aerial phenomenon

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Science

ARC Review - Eve

Oct 4, 2023

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7 min read

ARC Review - Eve

How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

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Science

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Audiobook Review - Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

Sep 28, 2023

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7 min read

Audiobook Review - Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

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Science

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Ebook Review - The Little Book of Exoplanets

Aug 10, 2023

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4 min read

Ebook Review - The Little Book of Exoplanets

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Audiobook Review - Biomimetics

Jul 25, 2023

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4 min read

Audiobook Review - Biomimetics

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Travel

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Ebook Review - Footmarks

Jul 19, 2023

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5 min read

Ebook Review - Footmarks

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Science

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Audiobook Review - The  First Americans

Jul 13, 2023

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6 min read

Audiobook Review - The First Americans

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Travel

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ARC Review - Chasing Giants

Jul 3, 2023

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4 min read

ARC Review - Chasing Giants

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Science

ARC Review: We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds

Jan 9, 2023

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4 min read

ARC Review: We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds

Science

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Book Review: Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Nov 30, 2022

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5 min read

Book Review: Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Science

Book Review: Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas

Nov 14, 2022

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5 min read

Book Review: Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas

Science

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Book Review: Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

Sep 6, 2022

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6 min read

Book Review: Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

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