Skip to Content

All Articles

Can Many-Worlds Theory Rescue Us From Boltzmann Brains?

The idea that we can trust what we observe leads to the paradoxical conclusion that we can’t trust what we observe.

April 6, 2017

What the Rat Brain Tells Us About Yours

The evolution of animal models for neuroactive medicine.

April 6, 2017

Do Aliens Have Inalienable Rights?

What ET teaches us about our moral obligations.

April 6, 2017

How Nostalgia Made America Great Again

When the present looks bleak, we reach for a rose-tinted past.

April 6, 2017

Physicists Attack Math’s $1,000,000 Question

Physicists are attempting to map the distribution of the prime numbers to the energy levels of a particular quantum system.

April 6, 2017

Is Violence Declining Because We’re Evolving More Patience?

Impulsiveness is a heritable trait that may have been maladaptive in agrarian life.

April 4, 2017