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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Uncertainty
I now realize Heisenberg and Schrödinger are less like physicists and more like therapists.
Do Political Ads Influence Voting Behavior?
One question for Donald Green, a political scientist at Columbia University.
How It Feels to Surf the World’s Biggest Wave
Riding Earth’s mighty forces in Nazaré, Portugal.
What Happens When Icebergs Collide With Art
From DJ Spooky to Herman Melville, artists illuminate the sublime, increasingly transient nature of our planet's icebergs.
To Protect the Ocean, Refinance Your Debt
How “blue bonds” turn national debt into funds for marine conservation.
The Cormac McCarthy I Know
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.
What Makes Us Lucid Dream?
One question for Péter Simor, a psychologist at Eötvös Loránd University.
Fighting Climate Change with Feeling
The 2022 Redford Center Stories film challenge winners believe emotions are the key to get people excited about the environment.
Brightest-Ever Space Explosion Reveals Possible Hints of Dark Matter
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.
The Fine Line Between Life and Not Life
If the brain can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality, what can?











