Byrd Pinkerton
Host and Senior Correspondent, Unexplainable Podcast
Latest articles by Byrd Pinkerton
More animals can occasionally reproduce asexually than scientists realized.
From wound healing to disease diagnosis, “this stuff is like gold dust.”
Mud can be surprisingly clear.
Elisabeth Bik has made a career of being a data vigilante. What should mainstream scientific journals learn from her?
Why do we know so little about pregnancy — one of the most common experiences on Earth?
Edwin Hubble’s name is everywhere in astronomy. Henrietta Leavitt’s should be too.
And why even the phrase “reproductive health” might be kind of misleading.
A marine biologist built a stealth camera that’s collected images of some of the most elusive deep sea animals.
Romance authors are philosophers of love. Here’s how they think about chemistry.
Telegraphs and computers helped scientists reimagine the mind, writes Matthew Cobb in The Idea of the Brain.