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No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

Bill Bryson on the History of Bipedalism

By Bill Bryson | October 15, 2019

How Does One Actually Prove a Human is Smarter Than a Housefly?

How Does One Actually Prove a Human is Smarter Than a Housefly?

On the Quality of Genius, Across Species

By Nicholas P. Money | October 10, 2019

Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

Linda Geddes on the Science of Rest

By Linda Geddes | October 9, 2019

What Are the Actual Chances of Being Buried Alive?

What Are the Actual Chances of Being Buried Alive?

Caitlin Doughty Has Your Important Facts For Surviving Daily Life

By Caitlin Doughty | October 9, 2019

The Crisis Beneath Our Feet: <br>On the Destruction of Soil

The Crisis Beneath Our Feet:
On the Destruction of Soil

Isabella Tree on Rewilding the Land

By Isabella Tree | October 3, 2019

Can Fiction Introduce Empathy Into AI? Do We Want It To?

Can Fiction Introduce Empathy Into AI? Do We Want It To?

Flynn Coleman on the Potential for Ethical Technology

By Flynn Coleman | October 3, 2019

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Jeanette Winterson and Mark O'Connell on the Future of Humanity in a Tech-Dominated World

By Literary Hub | October 1, 2019

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

By Christopher Ryan | October 1, 2019

If You Existed in Multiple Universes, How Would You Act In This One?

By Sean Carroll | September 23, 2019

The Octopus: An Alien Among Us

The Octopus: An Alien Among Us

Michael S. A. Graziano on the Evolution of Animal Consciousness

By Michael S. A. Graziano | September 23, 2019

Animals Are Basically... Millennials?

Animals Are Basically... Millennials?

It Turns Out Nature's Way Involves a Lot of Living With Your Parents

By Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers | September 20, 2019

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

On Jean-Martin Charcot, Dark Star of 19th-Century Neurology

By Allan H. Ropper and Brian Burrell | September 20, 2019

Vanishing Bees Should Not Be the New Normal

Vanishing Bees Should Not Be the New Normal

"The time to take action is now."

By Brigit Strawbridge Howard | September 20, 2019

Can Humans Read Animals' Minds?

Can Humans Read Animals' Minds?

Lars Svendsen on the Philosophical Problem of "Pet" Consciousness

By Lars Svendsen | September 19, 2019

What Would Happen If the World Lost the Internet?

What Would Happen If the World Lost the Internet?

Mike Pearl on the Unnerving Depth of Our Digital Dependence

By Mike Pearl | September 18, 2019

Searching for Women's Voices in the Harshest Landscape on Earth

Searching for Women's Voices in the Harshest Landscape on Earth

Elizabeth Rush on Antarctica, the "Last Male Sanctuary."

By Elizabeth Rush | September 16, 2019

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