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The president of the Santa Fe Institute shares his insights into the novelist, with whom he has discussed science, writers, and ideas for 20 years.

One question for Péter Simor, a psychologist at Eötvös Loránd University.

The 2022 Redford Center Stories film challenge winners believe emotions are the key to get people excited about the environment.

A recent gamma-ray burst known as the BOAT—“brightest of all time”—appears to have produced a high-energy particle that shouldn’t exist. For some, dark matter provides the explanation.

Far beneath the surface, an evolutionary paradox.

If the brain can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality, what can?

With one small error or manipulation, cosmic interference would spell disaster.

One question for Jonathan Balcombe, a biologist who studies animal behavior.

When sparks fly, new species follow.

How evolution made us laugh.

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

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