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For Aguilar-Carrasco, nature is a powerful reminder of the interconnectedness of all life.

How Can National Parks Be Made Accessible to All? AO Wants to Know.

María José Aguilar-Carrasco helps people with disabilities gain access to nature.

Jonathan Feakins May 15, 2025

Siegfried Tieber specializes in sleight-of-hand magic using small objects, as well as mentalism, which gives the illusion of reading minds.

Does a Magician Really Never Reveal Their Tricks? AO Wants to Know.

Professional magician Siegfried Tieber performs extraordinary feats with everyday objects.

Andrew Coletti May 1, 2025

The plants around Liz Dauncey in this photo are not poisonous, but many common garden and houseplants are.

Are Some of Your Favorite Houseplants Poisonous? AO Wants to Know.

Toxicologist Liz Dauncey invites you to admire the marvels of plants (carefully).

Andrew Coletti April 18, 2025

What Secrets Are Behind the Magic of Miniatures? AO Wants to Know.

Artist Amanda Kelly crafts tiny worlds that tell intricate stories.

Andrew Coletti April 3, 2025

Perhaps due to Japan's temperate climate, the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu is more gentle and benevolent than some other sun deities.

space exploration

How Can Myths Help Us Understand the Stars? AO Wants to Know.

Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier teaches science through storytelling.

Andrew Coletti March 20, 2025

Jeannette Beranger with a Poitou donkey, her favorite heritage breed.

What Makes Heritage Livestock So Important? AO Wants to Know.

Jeannette Beranger is on a mission to save America’s rarest farm animals from extinction.

Andrew Coletti March 6, 2025

Tomb paintings can tell us a lot about the Ancient Egyptian diet because they often depict food offerings, hunting, and agriculture.

What Did the Ancient Egyptians Eat? AO Wants to Know.

Egyptian archaeologist Mennat-Allah El Dorry digs deep into the diets of the past.

Andrew Coletti February 20, 2025

The 1853 <em>Iguanodon</em> models at London's Crystal Palace (top) look very different from a 2023 reconstruction of the same animal (bottom).

How Can You Spot an Inaccurate Dinosaur? AO Wants to Know.

Steven Bellettini fact-checks our assumptions about prehistoric life.

Andrew Coletti February 6, 2025

A brown rat peeks out from the grass.

What Makes an Animal a Pest? AO Wants to Know.

Animal-human conflict expert Bethany Brookshire explains why we put cats before rats.

Andrew Coletti January 24, 2025