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Why Science Needs Metaphysics

Science can’t tell us whether science explains everything.

September 25, 2015

Will the Earth Ever Fill Up?

We’ve predicted and broken human population limits for centuries.

September 24, 2015

The Trouble with Theories of Everything

There is no known physics theory that is true at every scale—there may never be.

September 24, 2015

When Evolution Is Infectious

How “probiotic epidemics” help wildlife—and us—survive.

September 17, 2015

Ingenious: Paul J. Steinhardt

The Princeton physicist on what’s wrong with inflation theory and his view of the Big Bang.

September 2, 2014