On a Saturday afternoon, I panic-called a married friend, asking a rather ridiculous question: if a woman’s in-laws become her legal parents instead of her own mum and dad. My exasperation stemmed ...

Across the South Pole’s frozen expanse, there lives only one purely terrestrial animal: a tiny insect called the Antarctic midge. This flightless creature, just 0.2 inches long, has eked out an ...