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Did Dante Alighieri Suffer From a Sleep Disorder?

Did Dante Alighieri Suffer From a Sleep Disorder?

On the Sleeplessness That Makes Patients Weak With Laughter

By Henry Nicholls | September 7, 2018

What Kind of Personality Type Was Truman Capote?

What Kind of Personality Type Was Truman Capote?

Merve Emre on the Berkeley Researchers Determined to Unlock the Secrets of Creativity

By Merve Emre | September 5, 2018

When English and Computer Code Both Feel Like Foreign Languages

When English and Computer Code Both Feel Like Foreign Languages

"I am Ill at Ease in a Room of People Speaking Quickly and Fluidly"

By David Auerbach | August 31, 2018

We Know Much Less About Evolution Than We Thought

We Know Much Less About Evolution Than We Thought

The Tree of Life is a Freaky Tree

By David Quammen | August 29, 2018

Are Human Genes Changing As Fast As Culture and Technology?

Are Human Genes Changing As Fast As Culture and Technology?

On the Rise of Epigenetics in the Anthropocene

By Peter Ward | August 22, 2018

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is the Best Place on the Internet

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is the Best Place on the Internet

Self-Referential, Argumentative, and Never Dispassionate

By MH Rowe | August 16, 2018

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What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

By Maryanne Wolf | August 8, 2018

On the Birth of Princess Margaret and the Rise of Astrology as We Know It

By Craig Brown | August 6, 2018

What If We Power the Artificial Heart with Plutonium?

By Mimi Swartz | August 3, 2018

The Man Who Put Premature Babies in Carnival Sideshows

The Man Who Put Premature Babies in Carnival Sideshows

Martin Couney May Not Have Had Medical Credentials, But He Saved Thousands

By Dawn Raffel | August 3, 2018

What Future is There for America's Desert Cities?

What Future is There for America's Desert Cities?

Life in Phoenix at the Intersection of Race, Class and Climate Change

By Saritha Ramakrishna | July 25, 2018

How to Stop the Spread of Anti-Vaxxer Misinformation

How to Stop the Spread of Anti-Vaxxer Misinformation

"As a scientist, I believe ignorance is best countered by the facts"

By Michael Kinch | July 9, 2018

I Worked in Biology for 17 Years... Then I Became a Writer

I Worked in Biology for 17 Years... Then I Became a Writer

From Studying Silkmoth Eggs to Studying Fiction

By Grace Dane Mazur | July 6, 2018

A Lifetime of Reading Oliver Sacks, Before and After My Diagnosis

A Lifetime of Reading Oliver Sacks, Before and After My Diagnosis

On Finding Comfort in the Science of the Brain

By Christian Donlan | July 5, 2018

Where Do Whales Go When They Die?

Where Do Whales Go When They Die?

Tens of Thousands of Pounds Don't Just Disappear Overnight...

By Nick Pyenson | June 29, 2018

Science Brings Us Closer to the Miraculous

Science Brings Us Closer to the Miraculous

On Medicine, Magic, and Writing a Book About Both

By Liese O'Halloran Schwarz | June 26, 2018

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