Author: Monica Parker

Ants show that emergency exits can work better when they’re obstructed.

Revisiting James Lovelock’s theory as it approaches 50.

Why scientists question the longstanding plan to merge the Dead Sea and the Red Sea.

Robots are infiltrating insect, fish, and bird communities—and seizing control.

There might be a little synesthesia in each of us.

To John Archibald Wheeler, the race to explain time was personal.

Transportation optimization starts with math, but ends in understanding human behavior.

Disrupting cancer’s diaspora may lead to new therapies.

This theoretical physicist’s idea has an astounding legacy.