The Natural World
Traveling Back in Language
Understanding Old English
What we now call the English language has been rapidly changing for over a thousand years. The best way to...
REcycling the Big Box
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/from-big-box-to-booth-the-wal-marts-turned-into-flea-markets/
“Sometimes Wal-Mart’s new shopping ...
The RE World: REevaluating Neanderthals
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/10-things-we-learned-about-neanderthals-in-2025
(Feature image credit: WHPic...
Support The Guardian! Why? Orgasms, of course
Valerie, 73
I’ve actually found that age has affected sex in a very positive way. Now I can have five orgasms in a row.
I met M...
Taming of the Shrew
The Outside Story
By Loren Merrill
Last autumn, I was canoeing in a quiet saltwater cove on the Maine coast when I realized I had...
Snowflake Bentley
The Snowflake Man of Vermont
By Keith C. Heidorn
Keith C. Heidorn takes a look at the life and work of Wilson Bentley, a sel...
The Quiet Persistence of Clubmosses
The Outside Story
By Susan Shea
Walking in our woods in early winter, I notice dense patches of clubmoss that lend a welcome spla...
Is Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past?
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-picture-of-evolution-still-stuck-in-the-past
Prosanta Chakrabarty is the author of “Ex...
Tuesday List: 3 Lessons about the “Winner’s Curse”
https://www.johnkay.com/2015/11/25/hbos-report-yields-three-important-lessons-for-all-businesses
HBOS report yields three important ...
Coming Home
The Outside Story
Returning Home: Magnetic Homing
By Rachel Sargent Mirus
Every holiday season there is a mass migration of hu...