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1 How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math
Sorry, education reformers, it’s still memorization and repetition we need.
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2 How to Tell If You’re a Jerk
If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.
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3 A Mental Disease by Any Other Name
For Frank Russell, reinterpreting his schizophrenia as shamanism helped his symptoms.
BY Susie Neilson -
4 Why Science Should Stay Clear of Metaphysics
Meet the philosopher who revived anti-realism.
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5 Hallucinogen Therapy Is Coming
How shrooms can spring people from fears and destructive habits.
BY Moises Velasquez-Manoff -
6 Is Artificial Intelligence Permanently Inscrutable?
Despite new biology-like tools, some insist interpretation is impossible.
BY Aaron M. Bornstein
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1 How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math
The building blocks of understanding are memorization and repetition.
BY Barbara Oakley -
2 How to Tell If You’re a Jerk
If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.
BY Eric Schwitzgebel -
3 A Mental Disease by Any Other Name
For Frank Russell, reinterpreting his schizophrenia as shamanism helped his symptoms.
BY Susie Neilson -
4 Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths
Teaching cursive handwriting doesn’t have nearly the value we think it does.
BY Philip Ball -
5 Hallucinogen Therapy Is Coming
How shrooms can spring people from fears and destructive habits.
BY Moises Velasquez-Manoff -
6 Is Artificial Intelligence Permanently Inscrutable?
Despite new biology-like tools, some insist interpretation is impossible.
BY Aaron M. Bornstein
Facts So Romantic
Science has a powerful voice in today’s culture.
So what is it saying?
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Culture
Why Are People Losing the Blissful Tingles of ASMR?
In more ways than one, the tingles seem to be fading. Just a few years ago, autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), a puzzling and blissful sensation, became the sudden focal point…
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The Problem With Science Writing
Want to hear a seamy insider secret from the science communication industry? The border between journalism and public relations has more turnstiles than Grand Central. Professionals move…
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Biology
Do Dolphins Have Conversations? We Still Can’t Say
Sure, dolphins use sonar, whiz through the ocean at incredible speeds, and battle sharks. But can they chat? Last week, a study published in Russia’s St. Petersburg Polytechnical University…
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The Fundamental Limits of Machine Learning
A few months ago, my aunt sent her colleagues an email with the subject, “Math Problem! What is the answer?” It contained a deceptively simple puzzle: She thought her solution was obvious.…
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Vice President for Science Education,
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