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Why Is That Funny?

How evolution made us laugh.

October 19, 2022

We’ve Got News for You About Supercharging Your Brain

Today’s brain-computer interfaces perform medical miracles. Beyond the clinic is another story.

October 19, 2022

Why Do Americans Own More Guns Per Capita Than Anyone Else?

One question for Jennifer Carlson, a sociologist at the University of Arizona.

October 17, 2022

To Stop Illegal Fishing, Send a Seabird

Illegal fishing is too big a problem for humans to handle alone.

October 14, 2022

What We Really Are Is an Agglomeration of Cells

Siddhartha Mukherjee sings the praises of the cell to offer us a holistic portrait of life.

October 12, 2022

A New Doorway to the Brain

Neuroscientists can now explore the “wild west” in our heads in incredible detail—a boon to medicine and understanding what makes us tick.

October 11, 2022

The Chess Cheat in the 21st Century

If only the 18th-century hoaxer could see his “Mechanical Turk” now.

October 11, 2022

Why Are People Biased Against New Technology?

One question for Matthew Fisher, a psychologist at Southern Methodist University.

October 10, 2022

That Snapper You’re Eating Might Be 80 Years Old

Shouldn’t we respect our animal elders, too?

October 6, 2022

A Universal Cancer Treatment?

A medicine that disrupts the DNA replication of cancer cells may be within reach.

October 5, 2022

They Probed Quantum Entanglement While Everyone Shrugged

This year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics were driven by curiosity, skill, and tenacity.

October 5, 2022

I Didn’t Know My Mind Was So Strange Until I Started Listening to It

I took part in an experiment to decipher my inner thoughts.

October 4, 2022