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Watch and See: The Medium Really Is the Message
How communication technologies shaped the arts and sciences.
Why We Stink at Tackling Climate Change
Global threats result from human culture outrunning human biology.
How to Get Close to a Black Hole
Want to understand the most mysterious object in the universe? Make one at home.
Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think
Two philosophers of science diagnose our age of fake news.
New Evidence for the Strange Geometry of Thought
The brain may represent concepts in the same way that it represents space and your location, by using the same neural circuitry for the brain’s “inner GPS.”
Artificial Intelligence Finds Ancient ‘Ghosts’ in Modern DNA
With the help of deep learning techniques, paleoanthropologists find evidence of long-lost branches on the human family tree.
How Supermassive Black Holes Were Discovered
Astronomers turned a fantastic concept into reality.
Understanding the Brain with the Help of Artificial Intelligence
Neurobiologists program a neural network for analyzing the brain’s wiring.
Why Evolution Reversed These Insects’ Sex Organs
Among these cave insects, the females evolved to have penises—twice. The reasons challenge common assumptions about sex.
What Impossible Meant to Feynman
Physicist Paul Steinhardt remembers a great mentor and scientist.