The discovery of a protein that seemingly contradicts a fundamental law of biology raises a question: how important are those laws anyway?

Decode the universe. A writer-owned popular science magazine

On Arizona Public Lands Day, a new report examines the costs and the losses to the state for taking over federal lands.

A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and at field sites around the world, researchers are racing to understand exactly how, with critical stores of carbon at stake.

A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and at field sites around the world, researchers are racing to understand exactly how, with critical stores of carbon at stake.

A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and at field sites around the world, researchers are racing to understand exactly how, with critical stores of carbon at stake.

Decode the universe. A writer-owned popular science magazine

How much could a man like Watson, an unrepentant racist, really understand about what DNA is?

Up close and personal with nature's notoriously elusive carnivore.

Up close and personal with nature's notoriously elusive carnivore.

“To the woman he said, 'I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'” - Gen...

After fourteen years in our current space, we have made the decision that it’s time for Boneshaker Books to move. While we treasure the time we've spent in Seward, and will miss existing as a communit...

After fourteen years in our current space, we have made the decision that it’s time for Boneshaker Books to move. While we treasure the time we've spent in Seward, and will miss existing as a communit...

Meet Jack Klein, the guy who stealthily collects data about New York’s hottest days underground.

Meet Jack Klein, the guy who stealthily collects data about New York’s hottest days underground.

Decode the universe. A writer-owned popular science magazine

Decode the universe. A writer-owned popular science magazine

Law and policy scholars consider whether pacemakers powered by the users themselves can resist corporate control, and how far the augmentation of the human body extends into the law.

Law and policy scholars consider whether pacemakers powered by the users themselves can resist corporate control, and how far the augmentation of the human body extends into the law.

Chatbots won't obliterate everyone's critical thinking. Lessons from the past tech revolutions and today’s experts signal how to protect your mind.

Chatbots won't obliterate everyone's critical thinking. Lessons from the past tech revolutions and today’s experts signal how to protect your mind.

Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form

Investigative journalist Alleen Brown, the host of the podcast's 12th season, spoke with Sequencer about the how energy companies use misinformation in courtrooms and the court of public opinion.

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Engineers in South Korea developed a battery-free pacemaker powered by the beating of the heart that could, potentially, last a lifetime.

Centuries of scientists, physicians, and con men have tried to sell the idea of radically extending life beyond what medicine and good hygiene can achieve. Don’t believe them.

Surgical simulations are about more than just practicing fine motor skills.

Author Jack Lohmann speaks to Sequencer about the complicated story of phosphorus: “There might be little pieces of Nauru in your teeth.”

Author Jack Lohmann speaks to Sequencer about the complicated story of phosphorus: “There might be little pieces of Nauru in your teeth.”

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Public health-trained historian Edna Bonhomme speaks with Sequencer about her new book, “A History of the World in Six Plagues.”

When I gamified my color blindness, I stumbled into the limits and latitudes of neuroplasticity.

Prices are skyrocketing across the board for libraries, as books, ebooks, DVDs, and streaming get more and more expensive.

Prices are skyrocketing across the board for libraries, as books, ebooks, DVDs, and streaming get more and more expensive.

U.S. Forest Service stock animals are indispensable to trail work on public lands in the West. Trump’s radical upheaval is accelerating the death of a dying art.