In her book, Rise of the Necrofauna, Britt Wray reports on the ethics and science behind de-extinction.
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Take a moment to stop rushing, and rebel against the cult of being too busy.
ORBITER was in the path of totality for the solar eclipse, and on our way, we were joking about which of us might scream. Turns out, how could you not?
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Sex is everywhere in Greek and Roman art.
There are many people who preach the supposed benefits of psychedelics, but none do it as well, nor as reliably, as these philosophers and scientists.
The greatest advances in human history have come from science and scientific knowledge. Don’t stop now. “Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.” […]
There are many arguments over what makes a theory beautiful, elegant, or compelling. But in the face of data, predictive power is everything. When you look at any phenomenon in […]
Would you rather learn philosophy from James Franco or a professor of philosophy? Well, now you don’t have to choose.
To better understand our place in the world, check out these groundbreaking books.
In his latest book, Selfie, Will Storr explores the history of self-obsession, and wonders how we can fix it.
Neuroscientists discover networks of neurons that stretch or compress their activity to control timing Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Timing is critical for playing a musical instrument, swinging a […]
Granted, genetic manipulation has been a dream for decades. Here’s what is different now.
In his latest book, Fantasyland, Kurt Andersen covers the first five hundreds years of American magical thinking.
Cosmic collision yields bullion by the billions.
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Among the general public, people compare it to the aether, phlogiston, or epicycles. Yet almost all astronomers are certain: dark matter and dark energy exist. Here’s why. If you go by […]
‘Total work’, a term coined by the German philosopher Josef Pieper just after the Second World War in his book Leisure: The Basis of Culture (1948), is the process by which human beings are transformed into workers and nothing else.
In 1944, the economist, physicist, mathematician and computer scientist John von Neumann published a book that became a sensation, at least among mathematicians – Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. […]
The science of selflessness.
An Ivy League education without the Ivy League price tag.
A controversial discovery shows how Islam could have influenced the Vikings.
The science of volcanic lighting is almost as spectacular as the phenomenon itself. When hot, molten rock pushes its way up through the Earth’s crust and exits through to the […]
Recent research in psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA, which all affect our serotonin receptors, suggest these substances can help make us content.
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It’s fascinating how an octopus’s skin does this and how these scientists recreated it.
The only way the furies are stopped is by “giving them a place of honor.”
At least 25% of the land that captures carbon is in the hands of indigenous people.
Feversham Academy in Bradford, England has profoundly improved its students’ performance by adding a lot more music to their curriculum.
Much of our sense of what is attractive comes into focus when viewed through the lens of successful reproduction.
In the US Army, taking a knee has a special connotation.