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Our Memories Are Stored in Triplicate
Parallel copies allow recollections to be both stable and adaptable. -
The First Good Glimpse of the Earth’s Mantle
The deepest extract from the middle layer of the Earth offers a wonderland of insights. -
The Reality Ouroboros
Toward a new understanding of the nature of reality. -
Why Physics Is Unreasonably Good at Creating New Math
The secret sauce is the real world. -
What Makes a Memory Real?
Changing the narrative on false memories might be surprisingly simple. -
How Disease Really Spread in the Americas
New evidence suggests it was slower than we thought. -
From Rats to Riches
How removing invasive species helped restore an island. -
A Critical Moment for Corals
Half the world’s corals have been lost to warming waters—new research looks to protect what remains. -
Einstein’s Other Theory of Everything
After Einstein explained gravity as a consequence of curved spacetime, he tried to explain matter the same way. -
The Strange Rise of Daydreaming
Why people become addicted to fantasy lives. -
Crows Are Even Smarter Than We Thought
New evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities. -
When Reality Came Undone
100 years ago, a circle of physicists shook the foundation of science. It’s still trembling.
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How Teacups and Demons Help Demystify Physics
The thought experiments illuminating black holes and other scientific problems.
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Helen Fisher Knew Love
She showed us the biology behind the rhyme and reason of our most intense feelings.
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When Reality Feels Unreal
Why your life sometimes feels alien to you. -
The Reality Issue
What’s behind the curtain. -
In the Beginning, There Was Computation
Life is code, and code is life, in nature as it is in technology. -
Confessions of a Theoretical Physicist
My life among the elementary particles has made me question whether reality exists at all. -
A Hermit’s Reality
In solitude, this modern priest is meditating on timeless questions.