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issue_47

If Bugs Are Sentient, Should We Eat Them?

The ethics of eating insects.

April 20, 2017

We Need Conscious Robots

How introspection and imagination make robots better.

April 20, 2017

Why Poverty Is Like a Disease

Emerging science is putting the lie to American meritocracy.

April 17, 2017

The Kekulé Problem

Where did language come from?

April 17, 2017

Why Colonizing the Galaxy Is the Highest Good

Reducing the risk of global catastrophe is good on an astronomical scale.

April 12, 2017

Can Many-Worlds Theory Rescue Us From Boltzmann Brains?

The idea that we can trust what we observe leads to the paradoxical conclusion that we can’t trust what we observe.

April 6, 2017

What the Rat Brain Tells Us About Yours

The evolution of animal models for neuroactive medicine.

April 6, 2017