Fame is something that sticks to someone or something, a quality earned or gained for no reason at all. It is also a force of connection.… | Continue reading
A few years ago, I went to an astrologer as research for a radio show exploring strange beliefs. Vishal knew only my name, and date… | Continue reading
If you ask Siri to show you the weirdest people in the world, what images might you see? In fact, none. Siri showed me different links… | Continue reading
An underreported aspect of the climate crisis is that archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, biodiversity, and distributions of… | Continue reading
In the first half of the sixth century B.C., a Greek man named Anaximander, born in Turkey, sketched the world in a way no one had… | Continue reading
It may seem absurd to compare a tiny fruit fly’s brain to that of a majestic elephant. Yet it is the dream of many neuroscientists… | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.A photograph of the infant cosmos reveals the precise amounts… | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.A photograph of the infant cosmos reveals the precise amounts… | Continue reading
Drifting above North America in the autumn of 2014, a NASA satellite named Terra partook in some high-altitude leaf peeping. In an… | Continue reading
In the first half of the sixth century B.C., a Greek man named Anaximander, born in Turkey, sketched the world in a way no one had… | Continue reading
An underreported aspect of the climate crisis is that archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, biodiversity, and distributions of… | Continue reading
It may seem absurd to compare a tiny fruit fly’s brain to that of a majestic elephant. Yet it is the dream of many neuroscientists… | Continue reading
Drifting above North America in the autumn of 2014, a NASA satellite named Terra partook in some high-altitude leaf peeping. In an… | Continue reading
In the first half of the sixth century B.C., a Greek man named Anaximander, born in Turkey, sketched the world in a way no one had… | Continue reading
An underreported aspect of the climate crisis is that archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, biodiversity, and distributions of… | Continue reading
It may seem absurd to compare a tiny fruit fly’s brain to that of a majestic elephant. Yet it is the dream of many neuroscientists… | Continue reading
Virtual-reality experiments on fruit flies offer insight into how the brains of mammals, like us, might build maps of their world.Photograph… | Continue reading
As a writer on physics, I’m always seeking new metaphors for understanding Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and while… | Continue reading
On a chilly evening last fall, I stared into nothingness out of the floor-to-ceiling windows in my office on the outskirts of Harvard’s… | Continue reading
For human travelers, the iconic moment of space exploration occurred a half-century ago, when Neil Armstrong planted the first human… | Continue reading
As a writer on physics, I’m always seeking new metaphors for understanding Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and while… | Continue reading
On a chilly evening last fall, I stared into nothingness out of the floor-to-ceiling windows in my office on the outskirts of Harvard’s… | Continue reading
Virtual-reality experiments on fruit flies offer insight into how the brains of mammals, like us, might build maps of their world.Photograph… | Continue reading
Virtual-reality experiments on fruit flies offer insight into how the brains of mammals, like us, might build maps of their world.Photograph… | Continue reading
Humans are probably not the greatest intelligences in the universe. Earth is a relatively young planet and the oldest civilizations… | Continue reading
On a chilly evening last fall, I stared into nothingness out of the floor-to-ceiling windows in my office on the outskirts of Harvard’s… | Continue reading
For human travelers, the iconic moment of space exploration occurred a half-century ago, when Neil Armstrong planted the first human… | Continue reading
As a writer on physics, I’m always seeking new metaphors for understanding Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and while… | Continue reading
For human travelers, the iconic moment of space exploration occurred a half-century ago, when Neil Armstrong planted the first human… | Continue reading
On a chilly evening last fall, I stared into nothingness out of the floor-to-ceiling windows in my office on the outskirts of Harvard’s… | Continue reading
As a writer on physics, I’m always seeking new metaphors for understanding Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and while… | Continue reading
A spacefaring species could easily settle the entire Milky Way given billions of years. Yet the fact is that there is no obvious one… | Continue reading
The only intelligent life forms we know of reside here on Earth. But that hasn’t stopped us from trying to answer the question:… | Continue reading
The primary difficulty of interstellar communication is finding common ground between ourselves and other intelligent entities about… | Continue reading
This tree has, in a sense, outlived the dinosaurs. Encountering it can be like seeing a dinosaur-era insect encased in ancient amber… | Continue reading
This tree has, in a sense, outlived the dinosaurs. Encountering it can be like seeing a dinosaur-era insect encased in ancient amber… | Continue reading
The primary difficulty of interstellar communication is finding common ground between ourselves and other intelligent entities about… | Continue reading
A spacefaring species could easily settle the entire Milky Way given billions of years. Yet the fact is that there is no obvious one… | Continue reading
The primary difficulty of interstellar communication is finding common ground between ourselves and other intelligent entities about… | Continue reading
While some scientists search for extraterrestrial life by landing rovers on Mars, launching telescopes into space, and scanning the… | Continue reading
Humans are probably not the greatest intelligences in the universe. Earth is a relatively young planet and the oldest civilizations… | Continue reading
A spacefaring species could easily settle the entire Milky Way given billions of years. Yet the fact is that there is no obvious one… | Continue reading
The only intelligent life forms we know of reside here on Earth. But that hasn’t stopped us from trying to answer the question:… | Continue reading
Humans are probably not the greatest intelligences in the universe. Earth is a relatively young planet and the oldest civilizations… | Continue reading
A spacefaring species could easily settle the entire Milky Way given billions of years. Yet the fact is that there is no obvious one… | Continue reading
The only intelligent life forms we know of reside here on Earth. But that hasn’t stopped us from trying to answer the question:… | Continue reading
The primary difficulty of interstellar communication is finding common ground between ourselves and other intelligent entities about… | Continue reading
While some scientists search for extraterrestrial life by landing rovers on Mars, launching telescopes into space, and scanning the… | Continue reading