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Kelly Clancy

Kelly Clancy is a neuroscientist and the author of Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World.

The Perpetual Quest for a Truth Machine

Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.

July 8, 2024

Survival of the Friendliest

It’s time to give the violent metaphors of evolution a break.

March 17, 2017

Here’s Why Your Brain Seems Mostly Dormant

The brilliant compromise between efficiency and ability in your head.

July 29, 2015

How to Unlearn a Disease

Medicine’s latest cure is forgetting you’re sick.

April 24, 2015

Your Brain Is On the Brink of Chaos

Neurological evidence for chaos in the nervous system is growing.

June 25, 2014

Nature, the IT Wizard

Nature manages information, the currency of life, with exquisite efficiency.

November 11, 2013

Buried in the Sky

Looking up to the sky, a young astronomer finds truths at her feet.

June 27, 2013