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Why Power Brings Out Your True Self

Are you a tyrant or a servant?

March 10, 2017

The Fifth Force of Physics Is Hanging by a Thread

As scientists chase tantalizing hints of a new force, modern physics hangs in the balance.

March 10, 2017

A Brief History of the Grand Unified Theory of Physics

It’s the best of times or the worst of times in physics.

March 10, 2017

Virtual Reality Poses the Same Riddles as the Cosmic Multiverse

Alt-realities, whether cosmic or VR, would undermine the laws of physics.

March 7, 2017

In the Flow on Half Dome

“I felt elated, alive. ‘Look where we are!’ I shouted. ‘This is crazy!’”

March 6, 2017

This Is My Brain on Rock Climbing

The neurology of dread and desire on Half Dome.

March 6, 2017

Evil Triumphs in These Multiverses, and God Is Powerless

How scientific cosmology puts a new twist on the problem of evil.

March 1, 2017

The Cancer of the Great Lakes

Mussels are devastating a unique ecosystem.

February 24, 2017

To Fix the Climate, Tell Better Stories

The missing climate change narrative.

February 24, 2017

The Evolutionary Pull of Ocean Tides

How animals’ biological clocks turn with the tides.

February 24, 2017

Why Evolution Is Ageist

Genetic mutation changes from adaptive to dangerous after reproductive age.

February 24, 2017

Why These Researchers Are Drawn to the World’s Edge

The joy and toll of doing remote science.

February 21, 2017