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Aging Is a Communication Breakdown

Genes that can’t express themselves may be hallmarks of cancer.

March 19, 2019

How to Improve Political Forecasts

With a better understanding of probability, we won’t be misled.

March 19, 2019

Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds

A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles.

March 13, 2019

What Makes Music Special to Us?

Clarifying the differences between what animals and humans hear.

March 13, 2019

The Physics Still Hiding in the Higgs Boson

No new particles have been found at the Large Hadron Collider since the Higgs boson in 2012, but physicists say there’s much we can still learn from the Higgs itself.

March 8, 2019

The Well-Meaning Bad Ideas Spoiling a Generation

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on politics, morality, and the coddling of the American mind.

March 6, 2019

How Imagination Will Save Our Cities

Scientists might need to take a cue from artists to adapt our cities for climate change.

March 6, 2019

Here’s How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious

An AI’s answer to this question can reveal its inner life—or lack thereof.

Smarter Parts Make Collective Systems Too Stubborn

As researchers delve deeper into the behavior of decentralized collective systems, they’re beginning to question some of their initial assumptions.

February 28, 2019