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Why These Researchers Are Drawn to the World’s Edge

The joy and toll of doing remote science.

February 21, 2017

How We Got From Doc Brown to Walter White

The changing image of the TV scientist.

December 15, 2016

Why Fake Data When You Can Fake a Scientist?

Making up names and CVs is one of the latest tricks to game scientific metrics.

What Counts as Science?

The arXiv preprint service is trying to answer an age-old question.

October 13, 2016

To Rescue Democracy, Go Outside

Real spaces, not digital ones, will fix our politics.

October 7, 2016

Four Ball Games You’ve Never Heard Of

From bouncy castle soccer to foot golf, we are still inventing new sports.

August 22, 2016

Stadiums and Other Sacred Cows

Why questioning the value of sports is seen as blasphemy.

August 11, 2016