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How Do Some Authors “Lose Control” of Their Characters?

How Do Some Authors “Lose Control” of Their Characters?

Is it the Mysterious Work of the Unconscious, or the Mechanized Brain?

By Jim Davies | December 18, 2019

Why (and How, Exactly) Did Early Humans Start Cooking?

Why (and How, Exactly) Did Early Humans Start Cooking?

Guy Crosby on the Connection Between the Way We Eat
and Who We Are

By Guy Crosby | December 17, 2019

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String

On the Ambition of the Early Naked-Eye Astronomers

By L. S. Fauber | December 9, 2019

The Endless Memories Preserved in Siberia's Ice

The Endless Memories Preserved in Siberia's Ice

Heather Altfeld on the Permafrost of One of Earth's Vast Regions

By Heather Altfeld | November 22, 2019

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Alyssa Hull Tries to Find Optimism in Teaching Cli-Fi
to Terrified Students

By Alyssa Hull | November 22, 2019

When the Baby Penguins Come<br> Into the World

When the Baby Penguins Come
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Writes to His Fans

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On UFOs, Fallacies, Why Science Matters, and More

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Read the 16-year-old Climate Activist's Urgent
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It Turns Out There's Not a Lot of Science Linking Testosterone to Violence

It Turns Out There's Not a Lot of Science Linking Testosterone to Violence

When Bad Studies Become Pro-War Political Tools

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Exotic Pets, Wild Blood, and the Search for Human-Animal Connection

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What Happens When Richard Louv Visits a Reptile Show

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Philip Goff and Philip Pullman Talk Materialism, Panpsychism, and Philosophical Zombies

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Trying to Convince Myself That My Son Doesn't Have Cancer

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The Cultural Encyclopedia of Mushrooms That We Need Right Now

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