George Musser
If You Meet ET in Space, Kill Him
Should an alien species resist, we will have discovered life.
Is the Hard Problem Really So Hard?
The qualities of our experience seem impossible to describe scientifically, but maybe we’re just not thinking about them right.
The Biologist Blowing Our Minds
Michael Levin is uncovering the incredible, latent abilities of living things.
Reality Is Your Brain’s Best Guess
Your expectations form the way you experience the world.
Neuroscience Weighs in on Physics’ Biggest Questions
A theory of consciousness can help build a theory of everything.
I Built My Own Artificial Neural Network
With a little help from one of the 2024 Nobel Prize Winners in Physics.
The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers
We’ve made an artificially panpsychic world, where technology and nature are one.
What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move?
Earth’s tremors can tweak your GPS coordinates.
A Hologram Shows How Space Could Pop Into Existence
The holographic principle—with a real hologram.
Yes, Determinists, There Is Free Will
You make choices even if your atoms don’t.