480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land

When plants started growing on land, they changed the world. Ancient fossil spores hint at how and when they did it.
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Hit songs rely on increasing “harmonic surprise” to hook listeners, study finds

Hip-hop artist Childish Gambino (aka actor Donald Glover) made a splash in 2018 with the release of his Grammy-winning hit single, "This Is America." With its stark, sudden shifts between choral melodies in major chords and menacing percussive elements drawn from the trap subgenre, the song constantly defies the listener's expectations throughout.
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The death of the 'Millionaire Next Door' dream

The idea that the average guy can become rich via hard work and rigorously virtuous thrift is one of the compelling myths of the American experience.
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1,000-year-old remains in Finland may be non-binary iron age leader

DNA suggests body buried in feminine attire with swords had Klinefelter syndrome, researchers say
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The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan ... Stalin Did

Have 70 years of nuclear policy been based on a lie?
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‘People think you’re an idiot’: death metal Irish baron rewilds his estate

Trees, grasses and wildlife are returning as Lord Randal Plunkett recreates a vanished landscape in County Meath
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Evidence Indigenous burning works is growing. Could Australia offer a model for B.C.?

A UBC researcher looking into traditional Indigenous burning practices has found setting fire to the land in the right way and at the right time can ramp up biodiversity. Could Australia offer a lesson on how to fight fire with fire?
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