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Heather Sparks

Arts

Big Sky, Big Data: Art Made From Atmospheric Science

Dana Mackenzie

Math

A Formula That Shows How to Cheat & Triumph at Tournaments

Sarah Zhang

Health

The Curious Case of the Exploding Pig Farms

Dave Nussbaum

Economics

The Mental Glitch That Makes Us Throw Good Money After Bad

Jim Davies is a professor at the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. He is co-host of the award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. His latest book is Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You.

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Big Sky, Big Data: Art Made From Atmospheric Science

A Formula That Shows How to Cheat & Triumph at Tournaments

The Curious Case of the Exploding Pig Farms

The Mental Glitch That Makes Us Throw Good Money After Bad

Education Is a Waste of Effort—But It Doesn’t Have to Be

For Billions of People, “Wasting Time” Makes Little Sense

Preserving Yesterday’s Tech to Get a Better Grasp on Today’s

Love Your Dog? You Should Thank Garbage

Drug Users Are Secretive; Their Sewers Tell All

Animals’ Wildly Varying Reactions to the Smell of Death

Each Piece of Trashed Plastic Can Find a New Life as Art

Cats Are Not the Best Defenders of Ecological Health