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Finding Clean Water Near Mount Everest Might Be Harder Than Summiting It
As tourism and regional pollution contaminate Nepal’s Khumbu Valley, researchers are zapping the ground to find new potable water sources.
Manish Koirala
Oct 30, 20246 min read


Perspective: These Specimen Jars Aren't Too Jarring
Museums are not anachronisms, but rather, they are an important part of modern biological research with their vast specimen collections.
Don Lyman
Oct 19, 20245 min read


For Tortoise Beetles, Feculence is the Best Defense
Leaf-eating tortoise beetles are quite bizarre, converting plant energy into animal protein and making their shields out of their own feces.
Carolyn Bernhardt
Oct 9, 20245 min read


Quando l'arroganza provoca la truffa nella scienza
Come la condotta illecita di uno “straordinario” scienziato è solo la punta dell’iceberg e cosa possiamo fare a riguardo.
Ebony Gunwhy
Oct 18, 20238 min read


If Phylogenetic Sense Be Something Biologists Wish
“For a long time, everyone had worked under this paradigm that the earliest animals were the simplest animals.”
Rohini Subrahmanyam
Aug 8, 202310 min read


觀點:新冠清零政策雖具破壞性,但貿然重開後果恐更壞
放棄清零可能是中國公民期待已久的景象;可是,由清零政策下爭取回來的時間剩餘不多,而中國似乎仍對接下來的開放計劃毫無準備。
Cherry Cheuk-lam Cheung
Jan 30, 20238 min read


Sweet Sixteen: Some Cool Charts We Made in 2022
Inspired by a similar year-in-review piece from FiveThirtyEight, here are some of the most interesting charts we made in the last 12 months.
Alex Ip
Dec 30, 20221 min read


हिउँमा परित्यक्त एउटा पिरामिड
अफसोस, सन् २०१५ देखि पिरामिड बन्द छ ।
Gobinda Pokharel
Nov 7, 20228 min read


Perspective: What's the Point of Diversity in STEM Without Inclusion?
It is one thing to be physically in a space, but it is another to feel like I belong.
Lauren Neal
Oct 6, 20228 min read


A Pyramid Deserted in Ice
Alas, the Pyramid has been closed since 2015. Bista is the last man standing.
Gobinda Pokharel
Sep 24, 20229 min read
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