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Is the Search for Dark Matter an Act of Faith?

In an underground laboratory, the talk turns to religion.

October 9, 2019

Your Brain Chooses What to Let You See

Beneath our awareness, the brain lets certain kinds of stimuli automatically capture our attention by lowering the priority of the rest.

October 3, 2019

The 315-Year-Old Science Experiment

How counting sunspots unites the past and future of science.

October 3, 2019

How Freedom Divides

An expert on animal societies on what sets human societies apart.

October 2, 2019

Would You Survive a Merger with AI?

The cost of brain enhancement may be your identity.

October 2, 2019

Why Symbols Aren’t Forever

The removal of cultural emblems is not the erasure of history but part of it.

September 25, 2019

Language Is the Scaffold of the Mind

Once we acquire language, we can live without it.

September 25, 2019

Geology Makes You Time-Literate

A scientist tells us how her field instills timefulness.

September 24, 2019

Consciousness Doesn’t Depend on Language

We share the basic experience of life with all mammals.

September 24, 2019