In 1777—after whipping local people for trivial offenses, spreading venereal disease, and clumsily avoiding a plot to kill him—the… | Continue reading
In the late afternoon of May 5, SpaceX’s Elon Musk tweeted, “Starship landing nominal!” Musk is not known for understatement.… | Continue reading
When Ilya Metchnikoff was 8 and running around on his parents’ Panassovka estate in Little Russia, now Ukraine, he was making notes… | Continue reading
A few years ago, Time magazine published an article titled, “Cell-Phone Distracted Parenting Can Have Long Term Consequences.”1… | Continue reading
In the 21st century, neuroscience has been able to extend our understanding of the brain beyond brain anatomy to an increasingly functional… | Continue reading
In the 21st century, neuroscience has been able to extend our understanding of the brain beyond brain anatomy to an increasingly functional… | Continue reading
A few years ago, Time magazine published an article titled, “Cell-Phone Distracted Parenting Can Have Long Term Consequences.”1… | Continue reading
When Ilya Metchnikoff was 8 and running around on his parents’ Panassovka estate in Little Russia, now Ukraine, he was making notes… | Continue reading
In the 21st century, neuroscience has been able to extend our understanding of the brain beyond brain anatomy to an increasingly functional… | Continue reading
A few years ago, Time magazine published an article titled, “Cell-Phone Distracted Parenting Can Have Long Term Consequences.”1… | Continue reading
When Ilya Metchnikoff was 8 and running around on his parents’ Panassovka estate in Little Russia, now Ukraine, he was making notes… | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment… | Continue reading
In the late afternoon of May 5, SpaceX’s Elon Musk tweeted, “Starship landing nominal!” Musk is not known for understatement.… | Continue reading
It seemed inevitable that Elon Musk would eventually get into a Twitter war over whether Mars can be terraformed. When you’re on… | Continue reading
Julian Barbour’s obsession with time began on Oct. 18, 1963. The 26-year-old Cambridge graduate in mathematics was on a train to… | Continue reading
Julian Barbour’s obsession with time began on Oct. 18, 1963. The 26-year-old Cambridge graduate in mathematics was on a train to… | Continue reading
It seemed inevitable that Elon Musk would eventually get into a Twitter war over whether Mars can be terraformed. When you’re on… | Continue reading
In the late afternoon of May 5, SpaceX’s Elon Musk tweeted, “Starship landing nominal!” Musk is not known for understatement.… | Continue reading
Julian Barbour’s obsession with time began on Oct. 18, 1963. The 26-year-old Cambridge graduate in mathematics was on a train to… | Continue reading
It seemed inevitable that Elon Musk would eventually get into a Twitter war over whether Mars can be terraformed. When you’re on… | Continue reading
In the late afternoon of May 5, SpaceX’s Elon Musk tweeted, “Starship landing nominal!” Musk is not known for understatement.… | Continue reading
Last year, my first in medical school at Columbia University, I used a bone saw to slice through the top half of a cadaver’s skull,… | Continue reading
Robert Burioni is a virologist at the San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy, and a serious scientist. But in 2016, something happened… | Continue reading
In a polarized nation, victimhood is a badge of honor. It gives people strength. “The victim has become among the most important… | Continue reading
Imagine you’re a scientist, sitting in the cold dark belly of a ship above an ocean abyss. Your eyes are fixed on a panel of screens… | Continue reading
In a polarized nation, victimhood is a badge of honor. It gives people strength. “The victim has become among the most important… | Continue reading
Last year, my first in medical school at Columbia University, I used a bone saw to slice through the top half of a cadaver’s skull,… | Continue reading
In a polarized nation, victimhood is a badge of honor. It gives people strength. “The victim has become among the most important… | Continue reading
Last year, my first in medical school at Columbia University, I used a bone saw to slice through the top half of a cadaver’s skull,… | Continue reading
Imagine you’re a scientist, sitting in the cold dark belly of a ship above an ocean abyss. Your eyes are fixed on a panel of screens… | Continue reading
Many marine biologists identify a gateway drug into their obsession, and for Heather Koldewey, it was the seahorse. Who can blame… | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment… | Continue reading
While a doctoral student at Princeton University in 1957, studying under a founder of theoretical computer science, Raymond Smullyan… | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment… | Continue reading
My friend Robert Burton, a neurologist and author, wanted to share a song with me last year, and sent me a link to an NPR Tiny Desk… | Continue reading
My friend Robert Burton, a neurologist and author, wanted to share a song with me last year, and sent me a link to an NPR Tiny Desk… | Continue reading
Many marine biologists identify a gateway drug into their obsession, and for Heather Koldewey, it was the seahorse. Who can blame… | Continue reading
My friend Robert Burton, a neurologist and author, wanted to share a song with me last year, and sent me a link to an NPR Tiny Desk… | Continue reading
In his Theaetetus, Plato remarks to Socrates: “This pathos is proper to the philosopher: It is the thaumazein. And philosophy has… | Continue reading
Many marine biologists identify a gateway drug into their obsession, and for Heather Koldewey, it was the seahorse. Who can blame… | Continue reading
In 1913, 26-year-old Russian biologist Nikolai Vavilov went to the John Innes Horticultural Institute to study at the feet of legendary… | Continue reading
I grew up in a small village in a very rural part of England. It was a landscape capped with the huge skies of a low-lying coastal… | Continue reading
Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading
Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading
Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading
In 1913, 26-year-old Russian biologist Nikolai Vavilov went to the John Innes Horticultural Institute to study at the feet of legendary… | Continue reading
In 2001, Seth MacFarlane was the 27-year-old executive producer and creator of the not-yet-hit animated show Family Guy. Having broken… | Continue reading
In 2001, Seth MacFarlane was the 27-year-old executive producer and creator of the not-yet-hit animated show Family Guy. Having broken… | Continue reading