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I Never Stopped Learning from Daniel Dennett

Reflections on a philosopher who believed we can solve the problem of consciousness.

May 2, 2024

10 Brilliant Insights from Daniel Dennett

A glimpse of a mind jammed to the rafters with ideas.

May 1, 2024

A Radical Rescue for Caribbean Reefs

Can transplants help Caribbean corals avert collapse?

May 1, 2024

The Soviet Rebel of Music

He composed on a computer in a dangerous time. His echo is still heard today.

April 30, 2024

The Animals That Turn Bodily Fluids into Weapons

Four explosive tales of blood, spit, and venom.

April 29, 2024

How Whales Could Help Us Speak to Aliens

Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.

April 26, 2024

Making Light of Gravity

Physicist Claudia de Rham on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity.

April 25, 2024

The Age of Rebellion

The surprising relationship between age and success in rebellions.

April 23, 2024

The Feminist Botanist

A 19th-century tale of hermaphrodite flowers, Charles Darwin, and women’s right to vote.

April 22, 2024

The Psychology of Getting High—a Lot

Time to extinguish the slacker cliche.

April 19, 2024

The Shark Whisperer

Donald Nelson spent his life undoing the damage that Jaws did to the perception of sharks.

April 18, 2024