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Target practice. This is Freja, the world’s oldest-known and most-studied harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). She has lived at Fjord & Bælt, a research facility in Kerteminde,…

The scientific enterprise has long been driven by strong-minded people. Institutions, funding and recognition are still organized around the idea that competition among individuals in a…

National Institutes of Health competitive grant funding In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health awarded top scientists $9 billion in competitive grants each year,…

Metamorphosis: A Natural and Human History Oren Harman Basic Books (2025)“Metamorphosis is wild,” marvels historian Oren Harman. A caterpillar completely dissolves inside its chrysalis, before reconstructing…

Invasive Species Council welcomes removal of feral horses from Kosciuszko national parkAnne DaviesThe Invasive Species Council’s chief executive, Jack Gough, said the removal of feral horses…

Two conversations have stayed with me over the past 25 years. Around 2001, a European Union official in Beijing — where I was then a UK…

COP30 left many countries disappointed because no new road maps were created to help nations transition away from fossil fuels.Credit: Wagner Meier/GettyTen years after the Paris…

Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that tests your recognition of memorable lines. This week’s installment highlights lines from notable 20th-century science fiction novels. In…

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As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility,…