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My Dad Once Told Me the World Was 100 Years Old
His teasing provoked me to understand the origins of time.
Why We Should Explore the Hottest Places in the Ocean
Raquel Negrete-Aranda says studying the ocean’s “plumbing” can tell us a lot about life, both under and above the sea.
Novak Djokovic and the Healing Water Crystals
The story of the tennis star spotlights the pseudoscience that bedevils science and society.
What’s So Hard About Understanding Consciousness?
We brought Antonio Damasio and Anil Seth together to share their insights into neuroscience’s big question.
I Feel, Therefore I Am
Consciousness is a continuous conversation between the feeling body and the knowing mind.
Are Kids Ready for Virtual Reality?
Will too much time in the virtual world impact how children develop in the real one?
The Ocean Explorer Who Wants Us to Reconnect with Nature
High 5 to Barbara Veiga: activist, photographer, and filmmaker.
The Simulated World According to David Chalmers
Don’t worry, even in a simulation, life is still perfectly meaningful.
Can We Prove the World Isn’t a Simulation?
You might think we have definitive evidence we’re not in a simulation. That’s impossible.
AI Is Already Making Moral Choices for Us. Now What?
Delphi uses machine learning to tell us right from wrong—and much in between.
The Little Miracles in the Invisible World of Plankton
Jan van IJken's short film reveals "an unknown universe inhabited by alien-like creatures.”











