Tesla’s Pigeon
An inventor, a bird, and a plan to connect all the minds in the world.
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Argue Your Way to a Fuller Life
Refute your friends and family, never be satisfied. Philosopher Agnes Callard on life lessons from Socrates.
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Making Friends with Your Past and Future Selves
It’s what psychologists call self-continuity, and can improve your health and well-being. -
An Archaeological Reckoning
Jennifer Raff is on a mission to rewrite the history of human origins in the Americas. -
That Healing Sound
When music is medicine. -
Bustling Through the Physics of Crowds
A comic uses fluid dynamics to explain how groups of people move—and how that could help make large gatherings safer. -
How the Occult Gave Birth to Science
For scientists of yore anything—from mermaids to alchemy—was on the table.
