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There’s No Such Thing as “Just a Song”

What we can learn from the history of maritime folk music.

May 29, 2024

How Actors Remember Their Lines

Emotional context helps memories stick.

May 29, 2024

Has Psychiatry Lost Touch With Individuals?

An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.

May 24, 2024

What Science Forgets

Human experience must be factored into science. The authors of a new manifesto argue why.

May 23, 2024

Where the Ocean Exhales

The Southern Ocean controls how much carbon is released into the atmosphere—and our warming world is changing it.

May 22, 2024

How AI Helped Write a New Novel

Acclaimed writer Mauro Javier Cárdenas used AI in his latest work to surprising effect.

May 21, 2024

A Closer Look at the Science of Mirror Neurons

The brain cells once alleged to explain empathy, autism, and theory of mind are being refined and redefined.

May 20, 2024

Biodiversity Loss Is the Greatest Menace on Earth

Craig Foster on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Amphibious Soul.

May 20, 2024

A Model Toadlet

A tiny, charismatic frog in Brazil is revealing secrets of a killer fungus.

May 17, 2024

An A to Z of Hungry Killer Whales

This unique community of orcas is starving to death.

May 16, 2024

Falling in Love with a Fly

My Octopus Teacher’s Craig Foster considers the uncharismatic.

May 16, 2024

A Cosmic Glitch in Gravity

Is gravity weaker over distances of billions of light-years?

May 15, 2024