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Knowable Magazine explores the real-world significance of scholarly work through a journalistic lens. A digital magazine from Annual Reviews. https://knowablemagazine.org/
Recent stories by Knowable Magazine
Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history
As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far side
Knowable Magazine – 2/16/2025 | 88
Return of the California Condor
North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s.
Knowable Magazine – 2/7/2025 | 76
Solving renewable energy’s sticky storage problem
When the Sun doesn't shine and the wind is calm, humankind still needs power.
Knowable Magazine – 12/19/2024 | 425
Can desalination quench agriculture’s thirst?
Some say it’s a costly pipe dream; others say it’s part of the future.
Knowable Magazine – 12/2/2024 | 122
Cracking the recipe for perfect plant-based eggs
Hint: It involves finding exactly the right proteins.
Knowable Magazine – 11/20/2024 | 141
The amorous adventures of earwigs
Elaborate courtship, devoted parenthood, gregarious nature (and occasional cannibalism)—earwigs have a lot going for them.
Knowable Magazine – 11/18/2024 | 29
When ribosomes go rogue
Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread, and more. But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say.
Knowable Magazine – 10/24/2024 | 24
Studies of migraine’s many triggers offer paths to new therapies
One class of drugs has already found success in treating the painful, common attacks.
Knowable Magazine – 10/21/2024 | 87
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Sustainable building effort reaches new heights with wooden skyscrapers
Wood offers architects an alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete.
Knowable Magazine – 10/15/2024 | 121
Why a diabetes drug fell short of anticancer hopes
Studies suggested it could treat cancer, but the clinical trials were a bust.
Knowable Magazine – 10/12/2024 | 48
Your cells are dying. All the time.
Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily.
Knowable Magazine – 9/29/2024 | 89
Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how.
Nightly suspended animation, sugary diet, backwards flight, and long migrations help.
Knowable Magazine – 9/26/2024 | 46
Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers
Contaminants can alter plant odors and warp insects’ senses, disrupting the process of pollination.
Knowable Magazine – 7/29/2024 | 13
Are you a workaholic? Here’s how to spot the signs
Psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction.
Knowable Magazine – 7/28/2024 | 140
It’s not just us: Other animals change their social habits in old age
Long-term studies reveal what elderly deer, sheep, and macaques are up to in their later years.
Knowable Magazine – 7/27/2024 | 35
Animals use physics? Let us count the ways
Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws.
Knowable Magazine – 7/14/2024 | 116
To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve
The technologies are useful tools but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels.
Knowable Magazine – 7/11/2024 | 118
The greening of planes, trains, and automobiles
We need new fuels as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil.
Knowable Magazine – 7/6/2024 | 266
Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife
Scientists are working to understand how the barrier is affecting the area’s biodiversity.
Knowable Magazine – 6/30/2024 | 126
Radioactive drugs strike cancer with precision
Tumor-seeking radiopharmaceuticals promise targeted treatments with fewer side effects.
Knowable Magazine – 6/21/2024 | 54
Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming
New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way.
Knowable Magazine – 6/20/2024 | 126
A scientific mission to save the sharks
Despite protection measures, these fish are among the most endangered animals.
Knowable Magazine – 6/15/2024 | 52
To pee or not to pee? That is a question for the bladder—and the brain
The basic urge to pee is surprisingly complex and can go awry as we age.
Knowable Magazine – 6/2/2024 | 127
The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US
Researchers are working to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
Knowable Magazine – 5/26/2024 | 138
The wasps that tamed viruses
Some insects have transformed wild viruses into tiny biological weapons.
Knowable Magazine – 5/10/2024 | 52
Swimming and spinning aquatic spiders use slick survival strategies
Some make nests inside seashells, others tote bubbles of air on their backs.
Knowable Magazine – 4/28/2024 | 46
Why do some people always get lost?
Experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to sense of direction.
Knowable Magazine – 4/14/2024 | 129
How new tech is making geothermal energy a more versatile power source
Geothermal has moved beyond being confined to areas with volcanic activity.
Knowable Magazine – 4/13/2024 | 203
Why are there so many species of beetles?
Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree.
Knowable Magazine – 4/7/2024 | 79
A big boost to Europe’s climate-change goals
A new policy called CBAM will assist Europe's ambition to become carbon-neutral.
Knowable Magazine – 2/29/2024 | 78
A new look at our linguistic roots
A controversial analytic technique offers new answers for Indo-European languages.
Knowable Magazine – 2/14/2024 | 207
Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets
Two celestial interlopers in Solar System have scientists eagerly anticipating more.
Knowable Magazine – 2/2/2024 | 46
Why scientists are making transparent wood
The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more.
Knowable Magazine – 12/10/2023 | 171
Where the heck did all those structures inside complex cells come from?
There are competing theories about the origin of the nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum.
Knowable Magazine – 10/29/2023 | 51
The quest to understand tornadoes
Scientists hope technology furthers their understanding of how and why tornadoes form.
Knowable Magazine – 10/22/2023 | 96
What would signal life on another planet?
The James Webb Space Telescope may help us find the answer.
Knowable Magazine – 10/12/2023 | 133