Knowable Magazine is from Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. https://knowablemagazine.org/ en https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2026/how-to-store-co2-in-ocean-fight-climate-change https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2026/how-to-store-co2-in-ocean-fight-climate-change Keeping global warming to manageable levels will require removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it somewhere else. The world’s oceans may be a promising option.

]]> Stashing CO₂ in the sea doi:10.1146/knowable-033126-2 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:31 GMT Food & Environment Sandy Ong https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/noncoding-rna-molecules-in-cells https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/noncoding-rna-molecules-in-cells Once considered cellular junk, non-coding RNAs are emerging as key players in everything from brain development to cancer — with much still to be discovered

]]> The silent majority: RNAs that don’t make proteins doi:10.1146/knowable-032626-1 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:26 GMT Living World Christina Szalinski https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2026/new-fishing-tech-cuts-bycatch-turtles-marine-creatures https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2026/new-fishing-tech-cuts-bycatch-turtles-marine-creatures Nets equipped with water bottles and other tricks can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others

]]> How new fishing tech can reduce bycatch of turtles and other creatures doi:10.1146/knowable-032526-2 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:25 GMT Food & Environment Gennaro Tomma https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/role-of-glycome-biology https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/role-of-glycome-biology Built from thickets of glucose, galactose, mannose and more, the glycome plays key roles in cell communication, immunity and the blood-brain barrier

]]> Sweet! The cell’s sugary coating comes into view doi:10.1146/knowable-032326-2 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:23 GMT Living World Esther Landhuis https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/deep-sea-mining-debate-critical-minerals https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/deep-sea-mining-debate-critical-minerals Renewable technologies need a multitude of critical minerals. The seabed could supply these riches. But at what cost?

]]> Mining the deep ocean doi:10.1146/knowable-031926-2 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:19 GMT Physical World Natasha Gilbert https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/opinion-finding-good-in-the-natural-world https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/opinion-finding-good-in-the-natural-world OPINION: Is it absurd to think that science can inform our values? Not at all, says writer KC Cole.

]]> A light in the dark: Finding the good in the natural world doi:10.1146/knowable-031826-1 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:18 GMT Society KC Cole https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/what-is-wisdom-can-it-be-taught https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/what-is-wisdom-can-it-be-taught Scientists are trying to name the qualities that make someone wise and figure out how to cultivate them

]]> What is wisdom, and can it be taught? doi:10.1146/knowable-031126-1 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:11 GMT The Mind Emily Laber-Warren https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/physicists-make-progress-weighty-problem-neutrino-mass https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/physicists-make-progress-weighty-problem-neutrino-mass Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles

]]> For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything doi:10.1146/knowable-030426-2 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:05 GMT Physical World Nicola Jones https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/why-heterothermic-animals-control-their-body-temp https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/why-heterothermic-animals-control-their-body-temp Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, floods and predators

]]> The strange animals that control their body heat doi:10.1146/knowable-022426-2 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:24 GMT Living World Hannah Thomasy https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/low-protein-diet-animals-live-longer https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/low-protein-diet-animals-live-longer In the lab, animals live longer on less of the stuff. How could this be, and what does it mean for human aging?

]]> The curious case of low-protein diets doi:10.1146/knowable-021926-1 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:19 GMT Living World Amber Dance https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/what-to-know-choosing-adhd-coach https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/what-to-know-choosing-adhd-coach As diagnoses surge, so does an unregulated coaching industry

]]> Looking for an ADHD coach? Choose carefully doi:10.1146/knowable-021826-1 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:18 GMT The Mind Katherine Ellison https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/learning-memory-learning-physarum-polycephalum-slime-mold https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/learning-memory-learning-physarum-polycephalum-slime-mold In its quest to feed, avoid nasty substances and just generally live its life, the brainless, one-celled Physarum polycephalum performs some impressive tricks of learning and memory

]]> Tales of a very clever slime mold doi:10.1146/knowable-021126-1 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:11 GMT Living World Tim Vernimmen https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/case-against-zanclean-megaflood-filling-mediterranean https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/case-against-zanclean-megaflood-filling-mediterranean Researchers have long believed that a sudden, massive deluge filled a dry, salt-filled Mediterranean some 5 million years ago. Turns out that probably didn't happen, but there was still drama aplenty.

]]> The cataclysmic flood that wasn’t doi:10.1146/knowable-020926-1 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:09 GMT Physical World Dana Mackenzie https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2026/chinese-fur-farms-deadly-for-people-and-animals https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2026/chinese-fur-farms-deadly-for-people-and-animals Farming animals for fur is not only cruel but also provides an ideal environment for viruses to mix and cross over into humans

]]> Why disease outbreaks on Chinese fur farms are a serious risk to public health doi:10.1146/knowable-020226-2 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:04 GMT Health & Disease Jane Qiu https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/corporate-crime-poorly-tracked-usa https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/corporate-crime-poorly-tracked-usa Unlike violent crimes, there are no comprehensive national statistics on the serious misconduct of companies. Some see a need for change.

]]> Corporate crime persists in the shadows doi:10.1146/knowable-020326-1 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:03 GMT Society Elise Hansen https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields

]]> Recreating the smells of history doi:10.1146/knowable-012826-2 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:28 GMT Society Kaja Šeruga https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/chemistry-of-electrides-new-catalysts-center-of-earth https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/chemistry-of-electrides-new-catalysts-center-of-earth These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts and more

]]> Meet the mysterious electrides doi:10.1146/knowable-012626-2 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:26 GMT Physical World Rachel Brazil https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/welcome-to-the-microbial-olympic-games https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/welcome-to-the-microbial-olympic-games They race, they leap, they spin, they shoot. Meet the organisms for whom physical prowess is more than sport — it’s a matter of life and death.

]]> Microbial Olympics: Super-duper one-celled athletes doi:10.1146/knowable-012226-1 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:22 GMT Living World Amber Dance https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2026/cloned-polo-horses https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2026/cloned-polo-horses In Argentina, equine cloning in polo is no longer a rarity. It’s now a mature industry — although ethical dilemmas surrounding it persist.

]]> Field of clones: How horse replicas came to dominate polo doi:10.1146/knowable-012126-1 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:21 GMT Technology Maximiliano Fernández https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2026/fighting-aedes-aegypti-dengue-and-yellow-fever https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2026/fighting-aedes-aegypti-dengue-and-yellow-fever Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses

]]> Beating back the Aedes aegypti mosquito doi:10.1146/knowable-011226-1 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:12 GMT Health & Disease Katarina Zimmer