Kristen French
The Costs of Feeling Lonely in a Crowd
An interview with a loneliness researcher about the varieties of social isolation
I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me
An interview with Anthropic’s chatbot about sycophantic AI and how to guard against it
The Doctors Who Say Spirituality Belongs in Medicine
Many patients with neurological disorders want spiritual care, but most clinicians are reluctant to offer it
The Martyrs, Hunters, and Nature Lovers Who Came Together to Save Birds
An interview with James McCommons, author of The Feather Wars, about the past and future of bird conservation
The Internet Has Not Killed Reading—or Attention Spans
An interview with Kevin Ashton, MIT technology pioneer and author of The Story of Stories
Heat Probably Doesn’t Make You More Aggressive
An interview with a behavioral economist about cake, climate change, and cooperation
Did Music Give Rise to Language?
An interview with a music cognition researcher about the evolutionary roots of music
Why Haven’t We Heard from Extraterrestrials Yet?
A conversation with astronomer Vishal Gajjar about how to listen differently for non-human life in the cosmos
Why You’re More Likely to Develop AI-Psychosis than to Join a Cult
Philosopher Lucy Osler on the insidious appeal of AI Chatbots
The Cancer No One Can Explain
Colorectal cancer in young people has been rising for 30 years. We still don't know why—and that's killing people.
