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The Implant That Can Control Your Brain
This nanoscale device meshes seamlessly with your neurons.
Why We’re Drawn Into Darkness
Author Robert MacFarlane on the awe and horror of subterranean places.
Is the Search for Dark Matter an Act of Faith?
In an underground laboratory, the talk turns to religion.
Why Symbols Aren’t Forever
The removal of cultural emblems is not the erasure of history but part of it.
Consciousness Doesn’t Depend on Language
We share the basic experience of life with all mammals.
Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another
A linguist exposes the inner truths about language.
This Simple Structure Unites All Human Languages
Language builds meaning through self-similarity.
Language Both Enraptures and Deceives Us
An interview with linguist and writer Julie Sedivy.