Many dragonflies zip through the air with their translucent wings painted in an array of dark spots and bands. But — for males at least…
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Maxwell Ochoo’s first attempt at farming was a dismal failure. In Ochieng Odiere, a village near the shores of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, “getting a job…
To tap an unlikely source of nutrition, insects small enough to sit on a pencil eraser have to suck harder than any known creature. Philaenus…
Climate change is helping Atlantic hurricanes pack more of a punch, making them rainier, intensifying them faster and helping the storms linger longer even after…
The Joy of SweatSarah EvertsW.W. Norton & Co., $26.95 The telltale darkened patches under our arms before a presentation. The cold slide of a clammy…
Between a death and a burial was hardly the best time to show up in a remote village in Madagascar to make a pitch for…
Wiggles and wobbles and a powerful pull toward people — that’s what 8-week-old puppies are made of. From an early age, dogs outpace wolves at…
On June 5, 2019, a massive, ice-covered lake sat atop East Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf. Within six days, all 600 million to 750 million cubic…
For years, sociologist ChangHwan Kim has sought to characterize the lives and experiences of Asian Americans. Gatekeepers in the research community, though, have often scoffed…
A single change in a key viral protein may have helped the coronavirus behind COVID-19 make the jump from animals to people, setting the virus…