The Three Ways of Going Down a Wikipedia Rabbit Hole
If you’ve ever gone to look up a quick fact and just kept browsing from one article (or page, or video), to another, to ...
The Energy Transition We Really Should Be Focusing On
The long story of human energy use revolves around two letters: H and C. These letters represent a pair of elements: hydrogen ...
How a Die-Off of Vultures Cost a Country Billions
Vultures aren't most people's favorite animal. But when they began dying in India, they set in motion a domino effect that spread disease and cost the government billions of dollars.
The Three Biases Fueling Belief in Conspiracy Theories
The modern world is full of conspiratorial thinking: People see an event and come up with an extraordinary story, a “hidden truth” that explains everything. These extravaga ...
Sarah Polkinghorne
If you’ve ever gone to look up a quick fact and just kept browsing from one article (or page, or video), to another, to another – then you know the feeling of ...
Where Are All the East Coast Dinosaurs?
Where are all the east coast dinosaurs? Why don’t we find famous species like Triceratops in Central Park? Turns out, ...
How the World's Oldest Cities Helped Humans Evade Diseases
In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived ...