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Why Your Cat Doesn’t Have a Sweet Tooth

Moles don’t see, whales can’t smell, and snakes can’t hear a thing.

August 8, 2014

Angst and the Empty Set

We can experience nothingness, but does it actually exist?

July 31, 2014

A Complicated Question

A child asks, and war answers.

July 31, 2014

An Atheist’s Guide to Spirituality

“I did not have to believe anything irrational about the universe.”

July 31, 2014

Why We Can’t Rule Out Bigfoot

How the null hypothesis keeps the hairy hominid alive.

July 31, 2014

My Own Personal Nothingness

From a childhood hallucination to the halls of theoretical physics.

July 31, 2014

Loyalty Nearly Killed My Beehive

My queen was a dud, and her replacement had been murdered.

July 31, 2014

Zombie Sponge Reefs Are Lurking at the Bottom of the Sea

The resurrection of glass sponge reefs proves extinction doesn’t have to be eternal.

July 31, 2014

This Is Where Your Childhood Memories Went

Your brain needs to forget in order to grow.

July 31, 2014

This Is Your Brain on Silence

Contrary to popular belief, peace and quiet is all about the noise in your head.

July 31, 2014

Postcards From the Edge of Consciousness

Sensory deprivation goes from CIA torture manuals to a yoga studio near you.

July 31, 2014