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Natalie Angier

Natalie Angier is a science columnist for The New York Times and the author of Woman, The Canon, and other books.

Why We Need Art

Why We Need Art

Can evolutionary biology explain the human impulse to create?

by Natalie Angier | Monday, December 04, 2017
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Birthday Suit

by Natalie Angier | Friday, September 01, 2006
The Crisis Up Close

The Crisis Up Close

Wandering our warming world

by Natalie Angier | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
A Taste for Higher Math

A Taste for Higher Math

The numbers that count

by Natalie Angier | Wednesday, March 04, 2015
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Science Doubters

When healthy skepticism turns into unhealthy antagonism

by Natalie Angier | Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Smarty Pants Podcast

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

The Case for Motherhood

by Jean Kim

Postpartum depression, Jean Kim writes, “seems like the last feminine taboo, stronger than crack babies or neglect: a mother hating her newborn child.” In honor of the women and mothers often left out this weekend, we revisit one of our favorite essays, in which a psychiatrist wonders what it means to want a child, have a child, or have a child you do not want.