General
Third Data Server From the Sun
The Earth is becoming a computer visible across galactic distance.
Half Male, Half Female, Total Animal
Mixed-sex animals teach us about our own multifarious nature.
“We Are Visual Animals, Driven By Images”
The head of the Max Planck Society discusses the science of creative visualization.
How to Learn to Love Your Doppelganger
Hallucinating yourself can be both a symptom and a tool.
He Gave Away $30 Million Because It Felt Good
James Doty just may embody the altruism he studies.
The Disappearing Physicist and His Elusive Particle
He ushered symmetry into theoretical physics, then vanished without a trace.
The Sacred, Spherical Cows of Physics
Theoretical physics milks symmetry to power its newest tool.
Impossible Cookware and Other Triumphs of the Penrose Tile
Infinite patterns that never repeat have moved from fantasy to reality.
The Gaia Hypothesis Is Still Giving Us Feedback
Revisiting James Lovelock’s theory as it approaches 50.