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If You Think There's a Lot of Trash on Earth, Just Go to Outer Space

If You Think There's a Lot of Trash on Earth, Just Go to Outer Space

We've Managed to Float 6,000 Tons of Junk Into the Sky!

By Alice Gorman | October 28, 2019

H.G. Parry: When We Read Books, We Bring Their Worlds Into Life

H.G. Parry: When We Read Books, We Bring Their Worlds Into Life

The Author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep Speaks with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 25, 2019

Early Visions of Transhumanism Were... Wild

Early Visions of Transhumanism Were... Wild

On John Desmond Bernal and Getting Rid of the "Useless Parts of the Body"

By Philip Ball | October 24, 2019

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

Sasha Sagan on Finding Hope in the Night Sky

By Sasha Sagan | October 24, 2019

The Fraught History (and Inevitable Future) of Space Tourism

The Fraught History (and Inevitable Future) of Space Tourism

Peter Ward on the Cost of Human Luxury Among the Stars

By Peter Ward | October 23, 2019

Teaching Climate Change With <em>The Lorax</em> and <em>The Jungle</em>

Teaching Climate Change With The Lorax and The Jungle

Mark Gozonsky on Getting High-School Kids to Read and Care About the Climate in Unconventional Ways

By Mark Gozonsky | October 21, 2019

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How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

By Lenore Newman | October 15, 2019

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

By Bill Bryson | October 15, 2019

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

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

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

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

"One day, maybe, a body will be like a costume, put it on, take it off."

By Literary Hub | October 1, 2019

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Christopher Ryan on the Transition from Hunter-Gather Societies to So-Called Civilization

By Christopher Ryan | October 1, 2019

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

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

Lessons in Morality from Quantum Physics!

By Sean Carroll | September 23, 2019

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