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A Novelist Teaches Herself Physics
To explore loss and mystery, Nell Freudenberger journeyed into the atomic world.
Who Will Design the Future?
AI will be staggeringly diverse. Its developers should be, too.
Six Degrees of Separation at Burning Man
What our experiment in the desert taught us about social networks and human cooperation.
The Dr. Strange of the American Revolution
Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration, became one of the most preeminent physician-scientists alive, founding American psychiatry.
Playing Video Games Makes Us Fully Human
No other media meets our emotional and social needs like electronic games.
Why We Need Court Jesters in Space
Behavioral scientists explain why Mars missions need humor.