Biology | Neuroscience
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Chapter one
People
Ideas | Cognitive Science
Trying Not to Try
Modern science and Chinese philosophy tell us similar stories about how we think.
Culture | Fiction
Magnets
Carried through time, lovers seek their purpose.
Biology | Evolution
The Unique Merger That Made You (and Ewe, and Yew)
All sophisticated life on the planet Earth may owe its existence to one freakish event.
Matter | Astronomy
How the Cold War Created Astrobiology
Life, death, and Sputnik.
Chapter two
Creatures
Biology | History
The Seeds That Sowed a Revolution
Galapagos Finches are famous, yet Darwin learned more about evolution from the plants.
Biology | Animals
Top 5 Real Wolves of Wall Street
Wheelers and dealers have run wild for millions of years.
Biology | Technology
Animals Bow to Their Mechanical Overlords
Robots are infiltrating insect, fish, and bird communities—and seizing control.
Biology | Animals
This Valentine’s Day, Go Public or Go Home
Ken Kraaijeveld unveils ancient secrets of seduction from the animal kingdom.
Chapter three
Landscapes
Culture | Psychology
Is It Normal to Hoard?
Hoarding shows us at our best, and worst.
Biology | Environment
The Dead Sea Lives!
Why scientists question the longstanding plan to merge the Dead Sea and the Red Sea.
Biology | Earth Science
Once Upon a Gemstone
Precious stones hold the stories of continents, oceans, and cultures.
Matter | Astronomy
The Stories That Galaxies Tell
Peculiar shapes were the key to realizing that galaxies merge.
Chapter four
In Retrospect
Biology | Genetics
Can Science Breed the Next Secretariat?
How a “speed gene” test is stirring up horse racing and athletics.
Matter | Physics
Before There Were Stars
The unlikely heroes that made starlight possible.
Matter | Astronomy
Ingenious: Daniel Wolf Savin
Illuminating the birth of the stars.
Culture | Anthropology
How We Make Gods
Taking lessons from the rise and fall of divinity in online games.
Matter | Physics
Higgs—The Movie
The director of “Particle Fever” talks about his film.
Biology | Microbiology
Meet the Neighbors You’ll Never See
Bacteria take a starring role in six vignettes of city life.
Related Facts So Romantic
“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
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