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I Built My Own Artificial Neural Network
With a little help from one of the 2024 Nobel Prize Winners in Physics.
Reasons Revealed for the Brain’s Elastic Sense of Time
Research finds that the subjective experience of time is linked to learning, thwarted expectations and neural fatigue.
To Save Sharks, We Must Understand People
In Sri Lanka, laws are supposed to protect sharks—but what if people won’t obey the laws?
The Importance of Face Masks and the Tragedy of Downplaying Them
An infectious disease expert brings us up to date on the science of wearing a face mask.
The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees
How mushrooms could solve colony collapse disorder.
People Are Discovering the Joy of Actually Talking on a Phone
Our hesitation to be close is based on an illusion that our spoken conversations won’t go as well as we hope.
How Mathematical “Hocus-Pocus” Saved Particle Physics
Renormalization has become perhaps the single most important advance in theoretical physics in 50 years.
A New Algorithm for Graph Crossings, Hiding in Plain Sight
Two computer scientists found—in the unlikeliest of places—just the idea they needed to make a big leap in graph theory.
The Environmental Headache in Your Shampoo
Palm oil is an environmental scourge. Plant biology has a solution.
Dawn of the Heliocene
Why the next geological epoch should be named for when we tapped the sun’s energy.
