Infections remain very low, despite signs of a slight increase. Now, experts are looking for clues to what living with the coronavirus will be like this winter and beyond.
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Amid Signs of a Covid Uptick, Researchers Brace for the ‘New Normal’
Infections remain very low, despite signs of a slight increase. Now, experts are looking for clues to what living with the coronavirus will be like this winter and beyond.
Move Over, Men: Women Were Hunters, Too
Anthropologists are finding that women in modern foraging societies have played a major role in catching game.
From an Ancient Soil Sample, Clues to An Ice Sheet’s Future
A rediscovered sample of frozen sediment, collected more than 50 years ago, highlights the vulnerability of Greenland’s ice sheet to a warming climate.
Fossils Where They Don’t Belong? Maybe We Just Didn’t Look Hard Enough.
Researchers are fiercely debating whether claims about the origins of mammals result from a bias toward Northern Hemisphere fossil sites.
‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests from Anti-Bird Spikes
Strips of sharp metal pins are meant to keep birds away from buildings. Some birds are stealing them to build their nests.
David Sibley explains how drawing birds makes you a “thoughtful observer”
The field-guide illustrator David Sibley says that drawing birds over a lifetime has shaped his entire way of seeing.
A.I. Is Coming for Mathematics, Too
For thousands of years, mathematicians have adapted to the latest advances in logic and reasoning. Are they ready for artificial intelligence?
Cannibalism, or ‘Clickbait’?
A recent study offered the “oldest decisive evidence” that our ancient hominid ancestors ate one another. But the field has a long history of overstating such claims, other scientists note.
The Cosmos Is Thrumming With Gravitational Waves, Astronomers Find
Radio telescopes around the world picked up a telltale hum reverberating across the cosmos, most likely from supermassive black holes merging in the early universe.