Culture | Astronomy
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Chapter one
Adapt
Ideas | Artificial Intelligence
Gaia Will Soon Belong to the Cyborgs
The father of the Gaia principle on the coming age of hyperintelligence.
Biology | Animals
The Unintended Beauty of Starlings
Those wondrous, undulating flocks are stirred by predators.
Chapter two
Revise
Biology | Genetics
How Your Body Knows What Time It Is
Uncovering the molecules that keep our mind and body in a daily rhythm.
Matter | Physics
How to Make Sense of Quantum Physics
Superdeterminism, a long-abandoned idea, may help us overcome the current crisis in physics.
Culture | Psychology
Emotional Intelligence Needs a Rewrite
Think you can read people’s emotions? Think again.
Biology | Animals
The Man Who Saw the Pandemic Coming
Will the world now wake up to the global threat of zoonotic diseases?
Chapter three
Evolve
Numbers | Technology
Why I Built a Dumb Cell Phone with a Rotary Dial
You too can build a phone that feels good to use. Some soldering required.
Numbers | Math
To Beat COVID-19, Think Like a Fighter Pilot
How an aerial-combat theory can help fight the outbreak.
Culture | Science Practice
The Good and Bad News from a Coronavirus Pandemic Model
An alarming warning from experts before the real outbreak.
Numbers | Sociology
The Pandemic Is Showing Us How to Live with Uncertainty
How to be vigilant and cautious without slamming the panic button.
Chapter four
Emerge
Biology | Genetics
How Genetic Mutations Turned the Coronavirus Deadly
Tracing the path of a pandemic.
Numbers | Health
A Doctor Puts Telemedicine to the Test During COVID-19
An advocate of virtual exams has a second opinion.
Culture | Literature
Only Disconnect! A Pandemic Reading of E.M. Forster
The astonishing relevance of the British writer’s story, “The Machine Stops.”
Culture | History
What if Another Crisis Strikes During This Pandemic?
A warning from history about simultaneous disasters.
Biology | Environment
The Superorganism That Created the Pandemic
A spotlight on the species that dominates the global ecosystem.
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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Biology
The Pandemic Can’t Lock Down Nature
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Ideas
A Warning from History About Simultaneous Disasters
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Ideas
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