Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil’s surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran^[1], took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the bone, the V-shaped lines were clearly there on the fossil. There was no mistaking what they meant.

She’d seen them before, on bones that were...

I’m more of a scroller than a poster on social media. Like many people, I wind down at the end of the day with a scroll binge, taking in videos of Italian grandmothers making pasta or baby pygmy hippos frolicking.

For a while, my feed was filled with immaculately designed tiny homes, fueling my desire for minimalist paradise. Then, I...

Section 230^[1] of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996^[2] as part of the Telecommunications Act, has become a political lightning rod in recent years. The law shields online platforms from liability for user-generated content while allowing moderation in good faith.

Lawmakers including Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin,...