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Kolmogorov Complexity and Our Search for Meaning

What math can teach us about finding order in our chaotic lives.

July 31, 2018

This Man Says the Mind Has No Depths

Nick Chater argues our brain is a storyteller, not a reporter from an inner world.

July 24, 2018

There Is No Such Thing as Unconscious Thought

A behavioral scientist unravels one of our most cherished conceptions.

July 24, 2018

Why Nature Prefers Couples, Even for Yeast

Some species have the equivalent of many more than two sexes, but most do not. A new model suggests the reason depends on how often they mate.

July 18, 2018

Blood Spatter Will Tell

How the science of blood spatter forensics is evolving.

July 17, 2018

Do Religious People Really Have a Problem with Evolution?

My journey into the middle ground of the science-religion culture war.

July 17, 2018

A Short Guide to Hard Problems

What’s easy for a computer to do, and what’s almost impossible? Those questions form the core of computational complexity. We present a map of the landscape.

July 16, 2018