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The Communication We Share with Apes
Hand gestures signal the emergence of human language.
How American Tycoons Created the Dinosaur
The story of dinosaurs is also the story of capitalism.
A Hologram Shows How Space Could Pop Into Existence
The holographic principle—with a real hologram.
Human Emotions Are Personal Narratives
Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux on what makes our brains unique.
The Tricky Problem with Other Minds
How our mental states overlap with and diverge from those of other species.
A Novelist Teaches Herself Physics
To explore loss and mystery, Nell Freudenberger journeyed into the atomic world.
The Storytelling Computer
Artificial intelligence needs to think like the mythical trickster.
Our Brains Tell Stories So We Can Live
Without inner narratives we would be lost in a chaotic world.
The Flawed Reasoning Behind the Replication Crisis
It’s time to change the way uncertainty is quantified.