Culture | Sociology
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Chapter one
Optics
Numbers | Environment
Cloudy With a Chance of War
His weather forecasts changed the world. Could his predictions of war?
Culture | Climate
How Imagination Will Save Our Cities
Scientists might need to take a cue from artists to adapt our cities for climate change.
Chapter two
Turnover
Culture | Sociology
Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds
A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles.
Culture | Computer Science
How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games
The responsibilities and challenges of programmed luck.
Biology | Music
What Makes Music Special to Us?
Clarifying the differences between what animals and humans hear.
Chapter three
Stimuli
Numbers | Math
How to Improve Political Forecasts
With a better understanding of probability, we won’t be misled.
Biology | Health
Hallucinogen Therapy Is Coming
How shrooms can spring people from fears and destructive habits.
Biology | Genetics
Aging Is a Communication Breakdown
Genes that can’t express themselves may be hallmarks of cancer.
Chapter four
Discord
Biology | Cognitive Science
A Magician Explains Why We See What’s Not There
Our brain is constantly picturing what the future should be.
Numbers | Math
How Search Algorithms Are Changing the Course of Mathematics
The sum-of-three-cubes problem solved for “stubborn” number 33.
Biology | Animals
Empathy, Morality, Community, Culture—Apes Have It All
Primatologist Frans de Waal takes exception with human exceptionalism.
Related Facts So Romantic
“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
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Matter
Make Concrete Roman Again!
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Culture
When the Link Between Space and Time Will Be Intuitive
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Ideas
The Self Is Other People
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Matter
Glaciers May Have Covered the Entire Planet—Twice
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine.The Earth has endured many changes in its 4.5-billion-year history, with some tumultuous twists and turns along the way. One especially…
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