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Sleep Has No Magic Number
People who sleep according to their culture’s norms are healthier overall
How To Tell If You’re Dead
The line between life and death has never been clear—and modern technology blurs it further
We Are the Ocean
Five redemptive days at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France
If Oaks and Orchids Could Talk
Lucas Gutierrez wants to turn plant frequencies into a language humans can understand
The Octopus Propaganda Hidden in Modern Maps
An old visual trick may promote conspiratorial thinking about global power
When Monsters Came for Mathematics
Adam Kucharski’s 3 greatest revelations while writing Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty
AI Has Already Run Us Over the Cliff
Cognitive neuroscientist Chris Summerfield argues that we don’t understand the technology we’re so eager to deploy
Evolution and Guinea Pig Toes
How one animal's oddity inspired Sewall Wright to take on one of Darwin's big ideas











