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Life Is a Braid in Spacetime

How to see yourself in a world where only math is real.

January 3, 2014

Over Time, Buddhism and Science Agree

Understanding the impermanence of everything—including ourselves.

January 3, 2014

Over Time, Buddhism and Science Agree

Understanding the impermanence of everything—including ourselves.

January 3, 2014

In Search of Time’s Origin

What happened before the Big Bang?

January 3, 2014

The Racehorse on the Runway

The hybrid ecologies of Frankfurt Airport show us how homes and borders intersect.

In Science Fiction, We Are Never Home

Where technology leads to exile and yearning.

December 13, 2013

The Termite and the Architect

Animal homes resist our understanding.

December 13, 2013

Best of 2013: The Caveman’s Home Was Not a Cave

Our picture of man’s early home has been skewed by modern preconceptions.

December 12, 2013

Best of 2013: How to Waste Time Properly

The right distractions can boost creativity.

December 12, 2013

Best of 2013: Beyond the Horizon of the Universe

Want to see evidence of other universes? Just look up.

December 12, 2013

Best of 2013: The Hannah Montana Hypothesis

Does the Fame Virus plague our youth, and is multimedia to blame?

December 12, 2013

Best of 2013: The Man Who Invented Modern Probability

Chance encounters in the life of Andrei Kolmogorov.

December 12, 2013