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The undying hydra

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They are prisoners

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Here be black holes

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Illuminating biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons

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Who was Jack Tar?

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The amazing underwater tape of the caddisfly

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Scenes from a dry city

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When the monsoon goes away

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This adorable sea slug is a sneaky little thief

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Stop boycotting SeaWorld if you care about marine conservation

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Thirty days of a cargo ship’s voyage

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The bloop

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The sea was never blue

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The Honeys and Bears

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Polar bears need to be fat, and they can’t be without sea ice

Essays and videos exploring physics, evolution, cosmology and other frontiers in science

Science Essays from Aeon. World-leading scientists and science writers explore topics from theories of evolution to theories of consciousness, quantum physics to deep time, chemistry to cosmology. 