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Artificial Intelligence Is Already Weirdly Inhuman
What kind of world is our code creating?
The Neuron’s Secret Partner
Glial cells are the brain’s architects, doctors, police, janitors, and gardeners.
Here’s Why Your Brain Seems Mostly Dormant
The brilliant compromise between efficiency and ability in your head.
Have We Hit Peak Whiteness?
Our obsession with cleanliness is running afoul of scientific reality.
The Terrifying Uncertainty in Jeff VanderMeer’s Sci-Fi
How the best-selling author brings his incredibly strange worlds to life.
Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language
The confounding consistency of color categories.
The Ambiguous Colors of Nanotechnology
Kate Nichols’ nanoparticle paints have changed how she sees color.
The Quest to Mimic Nature’s Trickiest Colors
An artist struggles to reproduce the iridescence of the natural world.
The Phantasmagoria of the First Hand-Painted Films
How the silent screen burst to life with color.
