Kristen French
How Celebrities Became America’s Unregulated Drug Pushers
Social media endorsements can sway consumers, and no one is watching
The Humble Amoeba Is Smarter Than You Think
A conversation with Nicholas Money, mycologist and author of A is for Amoeba
Why Do Psychiatric Disorders Persist in Humans?
Genetics suggest they may be linked to certain forms of intelligence
Psychedelics Might Not Have Evolved to Get Humans High
Hallucination may have more to do with our shared brain chemistry with snails, insects, and sea urchins
What a Picture of a Dog Has to Do with Reason and Logic
People who can’t see images in their minds challenge an old philosophical standby
If You Want Animals to Understand You, Speak Slowly
A new study suggests almost all animal communication shares a common, slow rhythm
Hunting for a New Hallucinogen in the Lilliputian Psychedelic
The chemical substance behind these visions isn’t like any other known to science
The Dangers of AI Voice Clones
Scammers are already manipulating us with the voices of our loved ones, but another risk lurks in the data collected by voice command and search apps
Does Your Chatbot Need a Therapist?
Scientists want to use LLMs to model human emotions and study human mental health
The Trouble with Trash
A conversation with a trash man turned sociologist about our dangerous waste problem and the heroics that hide it
How Humans Are Like Bloodhounds and Bats
A conversation with writer Richard Louv, who coined the term “nature deficit disorder”
