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The Catch 22 of Hacktivism

Are hackers who expose the military serving it?

August 21, 2017

When Driver and Car Share the Same Brain

An artist teams with an automaker to counter driverless cars with neuroscience.

August 21, 2017

Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction?

What computers teach us about getting along.

August 21, 2017

The Moon Is Full of Money

Capitalism in space.

August 21, 2017

What the Meadow Teaches Us

Feeling is the physics of the organic world.

August 21, 2017

The Pernicious Myth of Willpower

It turns out “willpower” is not a valid psychological construct.

August 18, 2017

Will We Ever Know What Dark Matter Is?

The search for the elusive material is reaching the end of its tether.

August 16, 2017

Why Mathematicians Like to Classify Things

It’s “a definitive study for all time, like writing the final book,” says one researcher who’s mapping out new classes of geometric structures.

August 15, 2017

The Case for Treating Gatsby as a Real Person

Tibetan Buddhists have a concept called the “tulpa,” thought-created beings who develop an existence independent of their creators.

August 14, 2017