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Humans Are Wired for Goodness

We’re not as bad as the headlines make us out to be.

August 21, 2019

To Make Two Black Holes Collide, Try Three

How do black holes merge and make gravitational waves? Maybe with a little help from their friends.

August 15, 2019

Why Did Witch Hunts Go Viral?

Applying Richard Dawkins’ meme theory to history.

August 14, 2019

A Novelist Teaches Herself Physics

To explore loss and mystery, Nell Freudenberger journeyed into the atomic world.

August 14, 2019

The Great Silence

A parrot has a question for humans.

August 13, 2019

The Storytelling Computer

Artificial intelligence needs to think like the mythical trickster.

August 7, 2019

Our Brains Tell Stories So We Can Live

Without inner narratives we would be lost in a chaotic world.

August 6, 2019