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The Communication We Share with Apes

Hand gestures signal the emergence of human language.

September 11, 2019

When Words Fail

Where our minds go when words let us down.

September 11, 2019

How American Tycoons Created the Dinosaur

The story of dinosaurs is also the story of capitalism.

September 4, 2019

A Hologram Shows How Space Could Pop Into Existence

The holographic principle—with a real hologram.

September 4, 2019

Human Emotions Are Personal Narratives

Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux on what makes our brains unique.

August 28, 2019

The Tricky Problem with Other Minds

How our mental states overlap with and diverge from those of other species.

August 27, 2019

Humans Are Wired for Goodness

We’re not as bad as the headlines make us out to be.

August 21, 2019

A Novelist Teaches Herself Physics

To explore loss and mystery, Nell Freudenberger journeyed into the atomic world.

August 14, 2019

The Great Silence

A parrot has a question for humans.

August 13, 2019

The Storytelling Computer

Artificial intelligence needs to think like the mythical trickster.

August 7, 2019

Our Brains Tell Stories So We Can Live

Without inner narratives we would be lost in a chaotic world.

August 6, 2019

The Flawed Reasoning Behind the Replication Crisis

It’s time to change the way uncertainty is quantified.

July 30, 2019