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The Shape of Water: How the Movement of Oceans Impacts Human Activity

The Shape of Water: How the Movement of Oceans Impacts Human Activity

Helen Czerski Explores the Shape-Shifting Science Behind the High Seas

By Helen Czerski | October 30, 2023

Panacea or Problematic Hype?: The Uncertain Promises of Ketamine Therapy

Panacea or Problematic Hype?: The Uncertain Promises of Ketamine Therapy

Andy Mitchell on Psychedelics and the FDA's Controversial Shift in Defining Clinical Depression

By Andy Mitchell | October 25, 2023

UFO or UF-No: What Would Take for Aliens to Visit Our Solar System?

UFO or UF-No: What Would Take for Aliens to Visit Our Solar System?

Adam Frank on Interstellar Travel, Technology from Sci-Fi, and the Physics of Both

By Adam Frank | October 24, 2023

What is it Really Like Inside a Sensory Deprivation Tank?

What is it Really Like Inside a Sensory Deprivation Tank?

"I am withholding the weight of my body. I am trying to forget the pressure of being."

By Athena Dixon | October 19, 2023

You Had Me At Meow: On the Hidden Language of Cats

You Had Me At Meow: On the Hidden Language of Cats

Scientist Sarah Brown Confirms That Your Cat Really Is Talking To You

By Sarah Brown | October 18, 2023

Nobel Prize Laureate Katalin Karikó on Her Hungarian Childhood

Nobel Prize Laureate Katalin Karikó on Her Hungarian Childhood

“I understand now that this local ‘soap cooker lady’ was the first biochemist I ever met.”

By Katalin Karikó | October 12, 2023

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The World's Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park

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The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

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Evolutionary Links: What Great Apes Tell Us About Being Human

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How <em>Oppenheimer</em> Fails to Unpack the Craft at the Core of Its Drama

How Oppenheimer Fails to Unpack the Craft at the Core of Its Drama

“When it comes to STEM in film, there can be drama in the minutiae.”

By Claire Tuna | September 28, 2023

“One of the Single Most Expensive Substances on the Planet”: The Insulin Crisis of the 21st Century

“One of the Single Most Expensive Substances on the Planet”: The Insulin Crisis of the 21st Century

Stuart Bradwel on the Tragic Consequences of Unethical Profiteering

By Stuart Bradwel | September 25, 2023

What Makes Language Human?

What Makes Language Human?

Caleb Everett on Syntax and Recursion

By Caleb Everett | September 21, 2023

First Lady of Space: How Sally Ride Became A Household Name Overnight

First Lady of Space: How Sally Ride Became A Household Name Overnight

Loren Grush on the Media Circus Surrounding America's First Women Astronauts

By Loren Grush | September 14, 2023

Why Human Writing Is Worth Defending In the Age of ChatGPT

Why Human Writing Is Worth Defending In the Age of ChatGPT

Naomi S. Baron on the Detrimental Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Literacy and Cognition

By Naomi S. Baron | September 12, 2023

The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

On Breaking the Cycle of Individual and Collective Dehumanization

By Catherine Buni | September 11, 2023

How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

Keith Houston on the People, Technology, and Equations Behind a Modern Mathematical Convenience

By Keith Houston | August 31, 2023

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