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Table Mountain Beauty

A tale of red orchids and butterflies, on a mountain in the heart of a city

Zoë Poulsen

Jan 7

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Happy New Years!

A brief history of how humans have recorded time

Nicole Cooper

Dec 31, 2020

Copycat Suicides

The Werther Effect is triggered by media coverage. But can media be the solution as well as the problem?

JZL CK

Dec 17, 2020

Night and Day

Circadian Cycles of Sickness and Health

Lindsay Gray

Dec 10, 2020

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Better fly, Butterfly!

Over the ages, they have mastered the science of blending in to stand out.

Anita Rao

Nov 26, 2020

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Physics, Life, and Everything Nice

What a hot cup of coffee tells us about the history of life on Earth

Anirudh Kanisetti

May 14, 2020

Thuan Sarzynski will be sharing his work on preserving the future of coffee — and you can join him live to ask questions!

Badri Sunderarajan

Dec 31, 2020

Romantic Chess

Battle simulation, allegory, romantic pursue, and ‘the Immortal Game of 1851’

Danny Kane

Sep 24, 2020

A Trap for Cars

Learning to drive is not easy. Especially if you’re a car.

Badri Sunderarajan

Nov 11, 2017

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Darwin’s contemporary had a theory of evolution too. What if we’d listened to him instead?

Pam Lazos

Nov 5, 2020

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