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Where Is My Mind?

The rise and fall of the claustrum epitomizes the hunt for consciousness in the brain.

Memories Can Be Injected and Survive Amputation and Metamorphosis

Experiments on snails and other creatures raise questions about how memories are really stored.

December 12, 2019

If We Believe in Dark Matter, Why Not Extraterrestrial Life?

Avi Loeb has a lot of thoughts about aliens and scientific prejudice.

December 11, 2019

Is the Law of Conservation of Energy Cancelled?

Maybe energy can be created and destroyed, or maybe the notion doesn’t quite make sense.

December 9, 2019

I Am Not a Machine. Yes You Are.

Debating the impact of machine-created art.

December 4, 2019

Best Screenplay Goes to the Algorithms

Learning to appreciate the future of literature.

December 4, 2019

What Quantum Gravity Needs Is More Experiments

Math won’t solve quantum gravity. Experimentation will.

January 31, 2017

Before There Were Stars

The unlikely heroes that made starlight possible.

February 6, 2014