AI’s top startups are barely publishing their research

Future of giant monkey research facility uncertain, even as sanctuary plan dropped

Bizarre CRISPR enzyme kills cancer cells by shredding their DNA

Koalas Are Getting a Vaccine to Help With Their STD Problem

Trenchant but sententious, John Berger could sound like Platonov one moment, the next like Alain de Botton

In search of the northern cassowary

The Newcomer

Are Autonomous Cars More Dangerous Than Uber Drivers?

Mysterious Human Relative Was Bigger Than Previously Thought

Frequent Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Morning Stress Hormone Levels

Xanadu, the "Home of Tomorrow" that promised automation as liberation, was run on a "house brain," another word for mother

Nose hairs tweezed just so, and set with Krazy Glue. Gently dappled liver spots. Their art is increasingly rare, but a few morticians are hanging on

How Do Sperm Whales Keep Their Massive, Wax-Filled Heads Beneath the Waves as They Sleep?

Looking beyond research

Engineering Design Studio hosts alumni on their fifth, 10th … and 55th reunions

Mole Rat Queens Stink Their Way to Power

Plants and Their Ants: When Flora and Fauna Team Up

Watch Orcas Play With (Read: Obliterate) Their Food

Research Suggests Trump and His Opponents Are Both Wrong About the Impact of Voter ID Requirements

The Secret Effort to Prevent the Revolution

No, we are not post-literate. The reading panic is merely the result of histrionic op-eds that misdiagnose the erosion of literary culture