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How Does Consciousness Work?

How Does Consciousness Work?

A Look at the Complex Neural Network that Creates Our Unified Sense of Reality

By Michael S. Gazzaniga | April 3, 2018

Writers of the Zodiac: Bold Aries, from Kathy Acker to Tristan Tzara

Writers of the Zodiac: Bold Aries, from Kathy Acker to Tristan Tzara

Introducing Your Monthly Tour of Literary Astrology

By Randon Rosenbohm | March 26, 2018

Why Don't We Eat (More) Brains?

Why Don't We Eat (More) Brains?

From Cannibals to Mario Batali, A Brief History of Eating Gray Matter

By Alan Jasanoff | March 16, 2018

In Which Stephen Hawking Explains Black Holes

In Which Stephen Hawking Explains Black Holes

From A Brief History of Time

By Stephen Hawking | March 15, 2018

Remembering Stephen Hawking: Poet, Astrophysicist, Rock Star

Remembering Stephen Hawking: Poet, Astrophysicist, Rock Star

With Brandon Taylor, Gabrielle Bellot, and Veronica Scott Esposito

By Literary Hub | March 15, 2018

Stephen Hawking: Astrophysicist, Rock Star

Stephen Hawking: Astrophysicist, Rock Star

Brandon Taylor on the Importance of Science Heroes

By Brandon Taylor | March 15, 2018

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On the Eerie, Enduring Power of the Rorschach Test

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