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Ingenious: Ken Perlin

We sit down with the virtual reality expert.

January 21, 2016

Men Are Better At Maps Until Women Take This Course

A bit of education can erase a definitive cognitive gap between men and women.

January 21, 2016

The Woman Who Got Lost at Home

A developmental disorder promises a new window onto the brain’s secrets.

January 21, 2016

How to Survive Solitary Confinement

An ex-convict on how to set your mind free.

January 21, 2016

These Astronomical Glass Plates Made History

Eight foundational images from the archives of the Carnegie Observatories.

January 20, 2016

The Day the Mesozoic Died

How the story of the dinosaurs’ demise was uncovered.

January 13, 2016

The Problem with Nature Therapy

The medicalization of nature turns a relationship into a dose.

January 13, 2016

How to Discover a Galaxy with a Telephoto Lens

The Dragonfly telescope is pushing the boundaries of small-scale observational astronomy.

January 13, 2016