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Your brain is not the root of cognition.

One question for Jillian Scudder, astrophysicist and author of “The Milky Way Smells of Rum & Raspberries.”

A parasite infection can make a leader of the pack—or a dead wolf.

Richard Feynman’s path integral is both a powerful prediction machine and a philosophy about how the world is. But physicists are still struggling to figure out how to use it, and what it means.

A universe of microbes is melting with Arctic ice—with consequences for us all.

We are formed by more than DNA. Meet the bioelectric code.

One question for Ralph Chami, assistant director at the International Monetary Fund.

An evolutionary biologist on the harm still being done by unsubstantiated beliefs.

In neutron stars, astrophysicists see a form of matter like none other.

In a work of fiction, holograms and memory collide.

One question for Matthew Birkhold, author of “Chasing Icebergs: How Frozen Freshwater Can Save the Planet.”