Ari Daniel
Stories
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This nation has the fastest rising rate of cancer cases -- and deaths -- in the world
According to a new report, cancer rates are skyrocketing in this tiny country. What's causing this to happen? And what steps can be taken to turn the tide?
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Some ant architects design a colony to cut the risk of disease. Humans, take note!
One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new study shows how they do it.
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Some ants appear to alter their nestss to prevent epidemics
Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well.
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Grains, sheep and soldiers: How one scientist is studying the physics of crowds
Applied physicist Iker Zuriguel studies the movement of particles and people to optimize their flow and improve public safety.
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A stunning discovery in Mongolia changes what's known about domed-head dinosaurs
The pachycephalosaurs were a unique group of dinosaurs with domed heads. But scientists haven't known much about them because their fossils have been so incomplete. A stunning discovery from southern Mongolia has changed that.
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This Nobel Peace Prize front-runner didn't win -- but did get the 'alternative Nobel'
The Sudan Emergency Response Rooms was considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year and last. Here's their story.
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A MacArthur 'genius' gleans surprising lessons from ancient bones, shards and trash
Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award.
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Seal whiskers can track subtle motions in the ocean
Harbor seals use their whiskers to gather all sorts of intel from their surroundings. These exquisitely tuned sensory hairs even seem to allow them to outmaneuver the escape plans of their fishy prey.
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On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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The impact of war told through the words of a child
A child injured in an airstrike in Gaza gave a reporter the words to express the full impact of war.
