Biology
Posted by Sacha Altay on March 13, 2020
Last year, I was in Paris for the International Convention of Psychological Science, one of the most prestigious gatherings in cognitive science. I listened to talks from my field, human…
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Culture
Posted by Alice Fleerackers on March 06, 2020
For many of us, finding the “right” career can feel like an impossible feat. When my little sister was in her last year of high school, she took a career aptitude test. Her top career?…
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Culture
Posted by Steve Paulson on March 03, 2020
Philip Pullman is once again having a moment, thanks to the new blockbuster adaptation of His Dark Materials by the BBC and HBO. His fantasy classic—filled with witches, talking bears…
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Matter
Posted by Sabine Hossenfelder on February 27, 2020
I recently discovered panpsychism. That’s the idea that all matter—animate or inanimate—is conscious, we just happen to be somewhat more conscious than carrots. Panpsychism is the…
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Culture
Posted by Brian Gallagher on February 25, 2020
Forget for a moment that you know the meaning of “quantum supremacy,” the idea of a quantum computer outdoing its conventional counterpart. What does the phrase instantly bring to mind?…
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Numbers
Posted by Devin Powell on February 19, 2020
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.One sunny day in the summer of 2019, Mathias Kolle, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, took…
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Biology
Posted by Marco Altamirano on February 16, 2020
Nina Strohminger, perhaps not unlike many fans of raunchy comedies and horror flicks, is drawn to disgust. The University of Pennsylvania psychologist has written extensively on the feeling…
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Biology
Posted by Stephen Heard on February 12, 2020
David Bowie and Beyoncé never shared a stage, but they share the distinction of having cleverly eponymous species names in their honor. Bowie, the British glam-rock and pop sensation,…
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Ideas
Posted by Erika Weisz on February 10, 2020
Not too long ago, I briefly met Elizabeth Warren in a restaurant in Cambridge, near Harvard, where I’m now a postdoc in psychology. My dad and I saw the Massachusetts senator, a 2020…
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Matter
Posted by Charlie Wood on January 31, 2020
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.In early 2003, Chuck Bennett learned the precise contents of the cosmos.By then, most cosmologists had concluded that…
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