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Sick for Attention

Meet five Munchausen patients who went to desperate lengths to fake illness.

November 17, 2016

What Counts as Science?

The arXiv preprint service is trying to answer an age-old question.

October 13, 2016

A Nonlinear History of Time Travel

Births, deaths, and other time travel paradoxes.

September 22, 2016

Hallucinogen Therapy Is Coming

How shrooms can spring people from fears and destructive habits.

September 8, 2016

The Paradox of Doping in Mountain Climbing

In alpinism, supplemental oxygen is a matter of safety—but some say it’s doping.

August 11, 2016

Are Fantasy Sports Really Gambling?

Fantasy sports are more skill-based than real ones.

July 26, 2016

The Last of the Earthquake Predictors

A handful of underfunded researchers still believe science can defy the odds.

July 11, 2016

Bacteria Are Masters of Tai Chi

The remarkable science that helped me understand what it means to be a physicist.

May 23, 2016

The Immortality Hype

Despite the hyperbole, private funding is changing the science of aging for the better.

May 20, 2016

Learning Chess at 40

What I learned trying to keep up with my 4-year-old daughter at the royal game.

May 2, 2016

Parasites Are Us

How biological invaders challenge our idea of self and other.

April 18, 2016

Why Physics Is Not a Discipline

Physics is not just what happens in the Department of Physics.

April 18, 2016