Adventures in Insomnia: Sleep Diets, Weird Dreams, and the Singularity

Adventures in Insomnia: Sleep Diets, Weird Dreams, and the Singularity

Marina Benjamin on Nighttime's Wayward Rhythms

By Marina Benjamin | November 14, 2018

Wouldn't It Be Great To Directly Perceive the Warping of Space-Time?

Wouldn't It Be Great To Directly Perceive the Warping of Space-Time?

Astronomer Chris Impey is Out Here Asking the Important Questions

By Chris Impey | November 14, 2018

A Brief History of Sci-Fi's Love Affair With the Red Planet

A Brief History of Sci-Fi's Love Affair With the Red Planet

It's Oh So Close, and Yet So Far

By Mike Ashley | October 24, 2018

What Mysteries and Medicine Have in Common

What Mysteries and Medicine Have in Common

Surgeon and Writer Arnold van de Laar on the Doctor as Detective

By Arnold van de Laar | October 19, 2018

The Fossil Wars: On the Battle Between Paleontologists and Amateur Dealers

The Fossil Wars: On the Battle Between Paleontologists and Amateur Dealers

Science vs. Commerce, Part 3,4076

By Paige Williams | September 24, 2018

The Political Drama That Almost Grounded Project Apollo

The Political Drama That Almost Grounded Project Apollo

"We don’t know a damn thing about the surface of the Moon."

By John Logsdon | September 13, 2018

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Did Dante Alighieri Suffer From a Sleep Disorder?

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What Kind of Personality Type Was Truman Capote?

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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"

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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

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

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

On Neurochemistry, Lucia Berlin, and the Dangers of Empathy Loss

By Maryanne Wolf | August 8, 2018

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

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

The Royal Family Was Really Into Horoscopes

By Craig Brown | August 6, 2018

What If We Power the Artificial Heart with Plutonium?

What If We Power the Artificial Heart with Plutonium?

From the Annals of Questionable Ideas in Medicine

By Mimi Swartz | August 3, 2018

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