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How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment

To preserve nature, we need to open our minds to it.

September 30, 2020

The Human Error Darwin Inspired

How the demotion of Homo sapiens led to environmental destruction.

September 30, 2020

The Importance of Face Masks and the Tragedy of Downplaying Them

An infectious disease expert brings us up to date on the science of wearing a face mask.

September 23, 2020

The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees

How mushrooms could solve colony collapse disorder.

September 23, 2020

The Environmental Headache in Your Shampoo

Palm oil is an environmental scourge. Plant biology has a solution.

Dawn of the Heliocene

Why the next geological epoch should be named for when we tapped the sun’s energy.

September 15, 2020

Welcome to the Next Level of Bullshit

The language algorithm GPT-3 continues our descent into a post-truth world.

September 9, 2020

The Universe Knows Right from Wrong

A proponent of panpsychism argues moral truth is inherent in consciousness.

September 9, 2020

The Neurons That Appeared from Nowhere

How an accident led to what could be a medical revolution.

September 2, 2020

Why Mathematicians Should Stop Naming Things After Each Other

A past generation’s glory can be the next generation’s headache.

September 2, 2020

An Ancient Site with Human Skulls on Display

Where our ancestors began to elevate themselves above nature.

September 2, 2020

Take Our Virtual Trip to Mars

See where NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will go and what it may find.

September 1, 2020