‘Return’ of the dire wolf is an impressive feat of genetic engineering, not a reversal of extinction

The animals are an imitation, but the technology used to create them could have wide-ranging applications.

Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
April 8, 2025 ~7 min

EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?

The Trump administration’s job cuts and advisory board changes at the agency won’t change those rules, as a former EPA science adviser explains.

H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University • conversation
April 7, 2025 ~8 min


How to write your own physics poem

Physics and poetry both distil complexity into clarity. Learn how poetic structure can shape and express scientific ideas.

Sam Illingworth, Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
March 21, 2025 ~6 min

Cuts to research into inequality, disparities and other DEIA topics harm science

From HIV treatments to school desegregation, research into topics now considered DEIA have benefited Americans throughout history.

H. Colleen Sinclair, Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University • conversation
March 21, 2025 ~12 min

What was the first thing scientists discovered? A historian makes the case for Babylonian astronomy

Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built on.

James Byrne, Assistant Teaching Professor in the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
March 17, 2025 ~8 min

Mice with woolly mammoth traits could pave the way for the resurrection of an ice age giant

The “woolly mice” have the thick, shaggy hair of mammoths, along with a fat metabolism gene.

Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
March 5, 2025 ~5 min

How are clouds’ shapes made? A scientist explains the different cloud types and how they help forecast weather

Puffy to wispy, barely there or dark and menacing, clouds come in many shapes and sizes. Each tells a story about what’s going on in the atmosphere.

Ross Lazear, Instructor in Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York • conversation
March 3, 2025 ~5 min

Five essential strategies to master your habits

If humans are ‘bundles of habits,’ can we take control of them?

Eike Buabang, Research Fellow, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College Dublin • conversation
Feb. 28, 2025 ~7 min


Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness

The jury’s out on whether the US is still at the top of global science. Proposed cuts to major agencies could mean completely ceding that title.

Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 17, 2025 ~9 min

DeepSeek: how China’s embrace of open-source AI caused a geopolitical earthquake

A big bet on open-source technology has enabled China to rapidly scale its AI innovation while Silicon Valley remains limited by corporate structures.

Peter Bloom, Professor of Management, University of Essex • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~39 min

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