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Horror Fans Have More Fun During a Pandemic

Why shows like “The Walking Dead” might help us cope with the real thing.

July 15, 2020

Mars Is a Second-Rate Backup Plan

On the red planet, existential threats abound.

July 15, 2020

The Damage We’re Not Attending To

Scientists who study complex systems offer solutions to the pandemic.

This Philosophical Argument Convinced People to Give More to Charity

How much would you pay to prevent your own child becoming blind?

July 7, 2020

A Neuroscientist’s Theory of Everything

Karl Friston takes us on a safari of his free-energy principle.

June 10, 2020

Could an AI Be Immortal?

Data is under attack and uploads his brain. Does he survive?

June 10, 2020

Electrons May Very Well Be Conscious

Panpsychists look at the many degrees of complexity in nature and see no obvious line between mind and no-mind.

May 14, 2020

What’s Missing in Pandemic Models

Philosophy is needed to put the science of COVID-19 in perspective.

May 6, 2020