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Our Neanderthal Complex

What if our ancient relatives did “human” better?

October 2, 2014

The Artist of the Unbreakable Code

Composer Edward Elgar still has cryptographers playing his tune.

October 2, 2014

Shakespeare’s Genius Is Nonsense

What the Bard can teach science about language and the limits of the human mind.

The Art of Painting

Stanley Kubrick and Johannes Vermeer try to see eye-to-eye.

The Original Natural Born Killers

In the 1920s, two murderers were defended by science. The infamous case still echoes.

September 2, 2014

The Big Bang Is Hard Science. It Is Also a Creation Story.

Even with its explanatory power, Big Bang theory takes its place in a long line of myths.

September 2, 2014

The First Day

One man’s walk to his own cremation.

June 30, 2014

The Scientific Problem That Must Be Experienced

To understand turbulence we need the intuitive perspective of art.

June 25, 2014