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Sleep Has No Magic Number

People who sleep according to their culture’s norms are healthier overall

June 18, 2025

How to Build a Planet from Dust

The answer is blowing in the (stellar) wind

Finding Peter Putnam

The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind

June 17, 2025

How To Tell If You’re Dead

The line between life and death has never been clear—and modern technology blurs it further

June 16, 2025

We Are the Ocean

Five redemptive days at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France

June 16, 2025

If Oaks and Orchids Could Talk

Lucas Gutierrez wants to turn plant frequencies into a language humans can understand

June 16, 2025

The Octopus Propaganda Hidden in Modern Maps

An old visual trick may promote conspiratorial thinking about global power

June 16, 2025

When Monsters Came for Mathematics

Adam Kucharski’s 3 greatest revelations while writing Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty

June 13, 2025

Humpback Whales Are Way Cooler Than You

Just take a look at these smoke rings

June 13, 2025

Clergy Blown Away by Psilocybin

A 10-year-old study finally comes into the light

June 12, 2025

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

June 12, 2025

Evolution and Guinea Pig Toes

How one animal's oddity inspired Sewall Wright to take on one of Darwin's big ideas

June 12, 2025