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The Philosopher Who Says We Should Play God

Why ethical objections to interfering with nature are too late.

August 31, 2015

Caitlyn Jenner and Our Cognitive Dissonance

While biology shows us gender can be fluid, our brains struggle to see it that way.

August 31, 2015

Warm Fuzzies

If you could bring a loved one back from the dead, should you?

August 20, 2015

Why We Can’t Get Over Ourselves

Exposing the reasons we fail to understand the minds of others.

August 20, 2015

What to Eat in Atlantis

Five menus for five mythical cities.

August 20, 2015

The Dawn of Life in a $5 Toaster Oven

How a homemade piece of lab equipment is recreating chemical evolution on early Earth.

August 20, 2015

The Dreams of the Man Who Discovered Neurons

Santiago Ramón y Cajal recorded his dreams to prove Freud wrong.

August 17, 2015

Read the Lost Dream Journal of the Man Who Discovered Neurons

An exclusive look at the dreams Santiago Ramon y Cajal recorded to prove Freud was wrong.

August 17, 2015

The Hidden Warning of Fall Colors

Did autumn reds and yellows evolve to repel insects?

August 13, 2015

The Reinvention of Black

As the means of creating the color black have changed, so have the subjects it represents.

August 11, 2015

Big Data Is for the Birds

The mysteries of avian migration at night are being solved with computational power.

August 7, 2015

This Gender Mystery Starts Nine Months Before Birth

The ratio of boys to girls at conception has been misunderstood for centuries.