In early 2018, officials at University College London were shocked to learn that meetings organized by “race scientists” and neo-Nazis,… | Continue reading
In early 2018, officials at University College London were shocked to learn that meetings organized by “race scientists” and neo-Nazis,… | Continue reading
Not long ago, Joe Davis, the “artist-scientist” in George Church’s genetics lab at Harvard Medical School, was in Brittany,… | Continue reading
Sparingly these days do I find myself thinking I’ve got some time to kill. Time has a way of making itself scarce. I’m like some… | Continue reading
“Uitwaaien” is a popular activity around Amsterdam—one believed to have important psychological benefits.Photograph by John… | Continue reading
Some neuroscientists have long considered the brain’s oscillating electromagnetic fields to be interesting but merely “epiphenomenal”… | Continue reading
Some neuroscientists have long considered the brain’s oscillating electromagnetic fields to be interesting but merely “epiphenomenal”… | Continue reading
Brain “plasticity” is one of the great discoveries in modern science, but neuroscientist David Eagleman thinks the word is misleading.… | Continue reading
“Uitwaaien” is a popular activity around Amsterdam—one believed to have important psychological benefits.Photograph by John… | Continue reading
Ten years ago this fall, Google gave us a glimpse of a new device unlike any it had ever built before—a computer-controlled car.… | Continue reading
There is just something obviously reasonable about the following notion: If all life is built from atoms that obey precise equations… | Continue reading
That Trump’s ship is sinking is now a widespread public perception.Photograph by Gage Skidmore / FlickrDuring the pandemic,… | Continue reading
Ten years ago this fall, Google gave us a glimpse of a new device unlike any it had ever built before—a computer-controlled car.… | Continue reading
There is just something obviously reasonable about the following notion: If all life is built from atoms that obey precise equations… | Continue reading
Who is Jeremy England? There are many answers to that question. He is a biochemistry graduate who became an MIT assistant professor… | Continue reading
Like any good version of Powers of Ten, use this app and you can find yourself getting that feeling of cosmic awe—it might take… | Continue reading
Like any good version of Powers of Ten, use this app and you can find yourself getting that feeling of cosmic awe—it might take… | Continue reading
The Brain is wider than the Sky” is a line as famous now in neuroscience as in poetry. It’s invoked to represent the network of… | Continue reading
Don’t look at the clock! Now tell me: How much time has passed since you first logged on to your computer today? Time may be a property… | Continue reading
You might say the brain is our most photogenic organ. We are, thanks to modern neuroimaging, living amid an explosion of brain data.… | Continue reading
Brain “plasticity” is one of the great discoveries in modern science, but neuroscientist David Eagleman thinks the word is misleading.… | Continue reading
Let’s start all over again about face masks. The noise about them is a Judas Priest blare. Can we turn down the volume for a moment?… | Continue reading
Brain “plasticity” is one of the great discoveries in modern science, but neuroscientist David Eagleman thinks the word is misleading.… | Continue reading
You might say the brain is our most photogenic organ. We are, thanks to modern neuroimaging, living amid an explosion of brain data.… | Continue reading
Don’t look at the clock! Now tell me: How much time has passed since you first logged on to your computer today? Time may be a property… | Continue reading
Yukaghir hunters of Siberia would address the bear as “Grandfather” and apologize to their spirit for the killing.Wellcome Images… | Continue reading
The first artificial neural networks weren’t abstractions inside a computer, but actual physical systems made of whirring motors… | Continue reading
As the rains return to the Pacific Northwest, so do the mushrooms. Fine mist drips from the crowns of evergreens, through the mosses… | Continue reading
There’s something about stories. We cherish them. Teach them. Pass them down to the next generation. Stories create a sacred space… | Continue reading
There’s something about stories. We cherish them. Teach them. Pass them down to the next generation. Stories create a sacred space… | Continue reading
I was in my apartment in Sierra Madre, which is a little town lined by tall palm trees, wedged between Pasadena and Azusa, set right… | Continue reading
If Antarctica had a voice, it would be Jim McClintock. The marine biologist has been narrating the story of the changing continent… | Continue reading
As the rains return to the Pacific Northwest, so do the mushrooms. Fine mist drips from the crowns of evergreens, through the mosses… | Continue reading
Kieran Fox, a neuroscientist, says some of his colleagues see him as an “alien” because of all the time he takes off to let his… | Continue reading
Kieran Fox, a neuroscientist, says some of his colleagues see him as an “alien” because of all the time he takes off to let his… | Continue reading
Compared to the hectic rush of our bipedal world, a plant’s life may appear an oasis of tranquility. But look a little closer. The… | Continue reading
The argument that we have the power to deal with the dangers of social media entirely on our own terms can come across as cruelly… | Continue reading
Handwashing, mask-wearing and physical distancing are the easy part. The true challenge is to face the pain and suffering that exists… | Continue reading
Last week, biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake introduced Nautilus readers to Paul Stamets, a mycologist who preaches that mushrooms… | Continue reading
Eugene Rosenberg, a coral microbiologist, ran into a rather large problem in the early 2000s. While working at the University of Tel… | Continue reading
As the human population expands, we are going to have to find better ways to feed ourselves without further decimating the environment.Photograph… | Continue reading
As the human population expands, we are going to have to find better ways to feed ourselves without further decimating the environment.Photograph… | Continue reading
Eugene Rosenberg, a coral microbiologist, ran into a rather large problem in the early 2000s. While working at the University of Tel… | Continue reading
Since its publication in 1859, Darwin’s On the Origin of Species has been read as a blow to the hubris of Homo sapiens. We aren’t… | Continue reading
Last week, biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake introduced Nautilus readers to Paul Stamets, a mycologist who preaches that mushrooms… | Continue reading
The first artificial neural networks weren’t abstractions inside a computer, but actual physical systems made of whirring motors… | Continue reading
The first artificial neural networks weren’t abstractions inside a computer, but actual physical systems made of whirring motors… | Continue reading
Some of the most perplexing topics in physics revolve around quantum theory. The quandary is seen most famously in the Schrödinger’s… | Continue reading