biodiversity

Tech

Humans Are Now Causing Species to Artificially Evolve

06.29.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

Dive Into the Most Vibrant Reef on Earth in Virtual Reality

06.20.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

Here’s Where Animal Diseases Are Jumping into Humans

06.15.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

Scientists Have No Explanation for This Mysterious Swarm of Thousands of Crabs

04.12.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

Having Tea with India’s Frogman

03.03.16

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

What the World Would Look Like If Humans Hadn’t Killed All the Animals

02.16.16

By William H. Funk
Tech

This Oil Company Teaches Kids About How Environmental Disasters Can Be Good for Tourism

12.10.15

By Michael Segalov
Tech

The World’s Tiniest Snail Is Microcute

11.02.15

By Becky Ferreira
Food

Mexico’s Chefs Are Fighting a Future of Genetically Modified Corn

10.13.15

By Lisa Abend
Tech

This Is How Satellites Will Pinpoint Earth’s Most Vulnerable Ecosystems

07.22.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

It’s Hard to Get Genome Data from an Elusive Species

07.21.15

By Victoria Turk
Tech

The Doomsday Vault for the World’s Seeds

06.30.15

By Rachel Pick

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo: Bobbi Lockyer/Refinery29 Australia – We Are Many Image Gallery / Getty Images

Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Francesco Carta fotografo / Getty Images

Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike