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When Einstein Tilted at Windmills
The young physicist’s quest to prove the theories of Ernst Mach.
The World’s Most Inspirational Iceberg Isn’t What It Seems
The professional photographer who created a popular poster image takes it apart.
Sick for Attention
Meet five Munchausen patients who went to desperate lengths to fake illness.
Catch Us If You Can
We like impostor stories because we’re afraid we’re impostors ourselves.
What to Do If You Get Seasick on Dry Land
A new therapy holds hope for sufferers of Mal de Debarquement syndrome.
Why Fake Data When You Can Fake a Scientist?
Making up names and CVs is one of the latest tricks to game scientific metrics.
Authenticity in the Age of the Fake
As science blurs the real and unreal, we are learning to distinguish them in new ways.
Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence?
Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguishable from physics.
The Case for Bringing Back the Passenger Pigeon
One geneticist’s quest to de-extinct what was once one of the world’s most abundant birds.
When Pseudosex Is Better Than the Real Thing
What we can learn about evolution from species who thrive without sexual reproduction.
Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age
The surprising relationship between mindset and getting old.
