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5 Languages That Could Change the Way You See the World

How habits of speech can shape our thoughts.

March 3, 2015

Mario Livio on 25 Years of Hubble

The astrophysicist looks at the history of the world’s most famous telescope.

February 23, 2015

The Thrill of Defeat

What Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner taught me about being scooped.

February 23, 2015

Did Grief Give Him Parkinson’s?

These identical twins led virtually identical lives—with one tragic exception.

February 23, 2015

Will Humans Be Able to Control Computers That Are Smarter Than Us?

Let’s consider the fear that once surrounded another powerful technology: recombinant DNA.

February 20, 2015

The Brilliant “Baloney Slicer” That Started the Digital Age

How the hard disk drive married two very powerful concepts.

February 16, 2015