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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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Science Brings Us Closer to the Miraculous

On Medicine, Magic, and Writing a Book About Both

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Each Cow Has Her Own Method for Asking a Question

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It Is Highly Unlikely That Any of This Exists: On the Origins of the Universe

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Oren Harman Looks for Dark Matter and the Big Bang

By Oren Harman | June 13, 2018

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