Sorry, ‘Tiger King,’ but Big Cats Don’t Make Good Pets
America has a captive tiger problem. Some are personal pets, others are roadside petting-zoo attractions. But none of that helps tiger conservation. ...read more
America has a captive tiger problem. Some are personal pets, others are roadside petting-zoo attractions. But none of that helps tiger conservation. ...read more
Stephen Wolfram, a controversial physicist and computer scientist, has united relativity, quantum mechanics and computational complexity in a single theory of everything. But will other physicists be convinced? ...read more
It isn’t easy being a loner — but in the slime mold world, natural selection favors it. Populations wouldn’t survive without those who depart from the herd. ...read more
Archaeologists disagree on whether they’ve found the world’s oldest beer, or just bread. ...read more
Our sister world’s rapidly moving clouds have long fascinated astronomers. And in the last few decades, we’ve learned quite a bit about them. ...read more