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With three times as many neurons, why doesn’t the elephant brain outperform ours?

Did sexual reproduction evolve to keep up with mitochondrial mutation?

A new theory sheds light on the emergence of life’s complexity.

We seek novelty, but not too much.

What science says about my outer beauty.

A bit of education can erase a definitive cognitive gap between men and women.

An ex-convict on how to set your mind free.

Eight foundational images from the archives of the Carnegie Observatories.

The medicalization of nature turns a relationship into a dose.

The Dragonfly telescope is pushing the boundaries of small-scale observational astronomy.

Does space exist without objects, or is it made by them?

Realistic digital spaces need delusions as much as they need detail.