Curiosity
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Why Curiosity Can Be Both Painful and Pleasurable
The emerging neurology of one of our most human characteristics. -
Why We Need More Intellectually Promiscuous Scientists
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . When Thomas Steitz, Ada Yonath, and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research, in 2009, they acknowledged a debt. Without the work of two of the Physics Laureates that year, the chemists would have lacked the CCD […] -
Why It’s Good to Be Curious About Insects
One of the best jokes May Berenbaum, an entomologist at the University of Illinois, has ever told at a conference goes like this: A man walks into a doctor’s office, imploring her for help. “I think I’m a moth,” he says. The doctor goes, “It’s clear you have a problem, but I’m a pediatrician not […]