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The Human Story at the Heart of Science
How Tangled Bank Studios learned to make science documentaries that feel like feature films.
Will Neurotech Force Us to Update Human Rights?
One question for Nita Farahany, a philosopher at Duke University.
Are We Doctors or Data Workers?
I want to solve illnesses, not scroll through them—the dilemma of electronic health records.
Communication Breakdown in the Brain
Inside the research to get neurons back in a healthy conversation with one another.
The Oceanic Fallout of Deep-Sea Mining
What happens in the deep sea doesn’t stay in the deep sea.
This Drug Can Mend a Broken Heart
A new therapy promises to take the sting out of traumatic memories.
What Does Love Do to Us?
One question for Anna Machin, an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University.
Don’t Worry If Your Kids Aren’t Polite to Alexa
The ubiquitous AI assistants are gathering huge amounts of data on them.
Why Do People Believe in Ghost Stories?
One question for Iris Berent, an Israeli-American cognitive psychologist at Northeastern University.
Why We Need Muck to Fight Rising Sea Levels
We've starved marshes of their essential sediment—now can we repair them in time?
