Kristen French
The New Science of the Near-Death Experience
For the first time, scientists are studying these mysterious states in real time
Can the Brain Survive Cryonic Sleep?
Experiments with mouse tissue suggest memory and function may remain intact
The Bad Seed and the Problem of Blame
A conversation with behavioral geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden about the heritability of vice
The Costs of Feeling Lonely in a Crowd
An interview with a loneliness researcher about the varieties of social isolation
I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me
An interview with Anthropic’s chatbot about sycophantic AI and how to guard against it
Who Gets to Do Science?
An interview with a neuroscientist who spent the last decade tearing down the class, race, and language barriers that keep people like him out of research
The Doctors Who Say Spirituality Belongs in Medicine
Many patients with neurological disorders want spiritual care, but most clinicians are reluctant to offer it
The Martyrs, Hunters, and Nature Lovers Who Came Together to Save Birds
An interview with James McCommons, author of The Feather Wars, about the past and future of bird conservation
The Internet Has Not Killed Reading—or Attention Spans
An interview with Kevin Ashton, MIT technology pioneer and author of The Story of Stories
