The
more we learn about coordinates, the more we understand their tendency to melt
into each other. Far-flung bits of space can get entangled. At the tiniest
scales, space and time dissolve into a complex foam. In the brain, grid cells
that mark our location in space also help us demarcate time.

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Celebrating the Relationship Between Science and Illustration
A conversation with Society of Illustrators executive director Arabelle Liepold -
The Extraordinary, Imperiled Science at the End of the Earth
Firing experts in Antarctica couldn’t come at a worse time -
Breaking a Cycle of Apocalypse
John Larison’s new novel The Ancients suggests some societies are built for cataclysm -
An Earthy Fallen Star
The strange mushroom that puffs life into forests around the world. -
Inside an Exploded Star
Cassiopeia A gets a close-up.