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Artificial Intelligence Is Already Weirdly Inhuman

What kind of world is our code creating?

July 29, 2015

The Neuron’s Secret Partner

Glial cells are the brain’s architects, doctors, police, janitors, and gardeners.

July 29, 2015

Here’s Why Your Brain Seems Mostly Dormant

The brilliant compromise between efficiency and ability in your head.

July 29, 2015

Chasing James Bond’s Hummingbird

I venture to Cuba in search of the world’s smallest bird.

July 23, 2015

Have We Hit Peak Whiteness?

Our obsession with cleanliness is running afoul of scientific reality.

July 23, 2015

The Terrifying Uncertainty in Jeff VanderMeer’s Sci-Fi

How the best-selling author brings his incredibly strange worlds to life.

July 22, 2015