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The Beauty of Crossed Brain Wires

Synesthesia makes ordinary life marvelous.

August 18, 2021

The Transcendence of Tantric Sex

A psychologist argues science can take a lesson from ritual about how to heal.

August 18, 2021

This NFT Painting Is a Work of Art

Machines are the new descendants of Picasso.

August 18, 2021

The Economic Case for Vaccine Passports

Requiring vaccine passports would not violate any individual rights that a well-ordered society would choose to defend.

August 17, 2021

Turing Patterns Turn Up in a Tiny Crystal

The mechanism behind leopard spots and zebra stripes also appears to explain the patterned growth of a bismuth crystal, extending Alan Turing’s 1952 idea to the atomic scale.

August 12, 2021

The Math That Says Egalitarianism Is Possible

You don’t have to be entirely pessimistic about the future of wealth inequality.

August 11, 2021

Nature’s Antifreeze

Fish that thrive in icy waters provide a key to preserving human cells.

August 11, 2021

Twilight of the Nautilus

What the scientist who has studied the iconic sea creature for 45 years now sees.

August 11, 2021

The Natural Harmony of Faces

How the golden ratio might contribute to cinema’s hold on us.

August 3, 2021

What’s Fueling Today’s Extreme Fires

A geophysicist breaks down the elements of wildfires.

August 3, 2021