It takes a tricky bit of neural cross-wiring to make you remember things that never happened
How the Moon Messes With Your Sleep
A new look at old data gives credence to a long-suspected phenomenon
The Mystery of the Screaming Volcanoes
A convergence of vibrations produces one of nature’s eeriest phenomena
EcocentricClimate Science
Antarctica Melted in the Past, and As the Climate Warms, It’s Poised to Melt Again
The South Pole has been the stable one in the climate change era—relatively speaking. But a pair of studies about Antarctica’s past and its present point towards a very different future.
EcocentricCities
In Town vs. Country, It Turns Out That Cities Are the Safest Places to Live
A generation of movies have made us think that the American city is an inherently dangerous place. But a new study shows that you’re more likely to die violently in the quiet countryside
Revealed: How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere
The Red Planet lost its protective blanket of air billions of years ago. Now astronomers are certain why
EcocentricCarbon Policy
The Administrator: New EPA Head Gina McCarthy Has the Toughest Job in D.C.
The new head of the EPA had to wait some five months for confirmation. Now that she’s got the job, the really difficult part begins
National Parks on the Moon? It’s an Excellent Idea
Forty-four years after the first moon walk, a bill before Congress would protect the Apollo landing sites as historical parks — and remind us of what we once were
Viral Beast: Meet the Supersized Pandoravirus
A virus as big as a bacterium is like a mouse as big as an elephant—and scientists just found one
How the Brain Benefits From Being Bilingual
Never mind how well spoken you might be now, you will never again be as adept with languages as the day you were born. Indeed, the youngest person in any room is almost always the best linguist there too. There are 6,800 …