lens_culture
Why Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings?
Literature’s evolution has reflected and spurred the growing complexity of society.
Can Many-Worlds Theory Rescue Us From Boltzmann Brains?
The idea that we can trust what we observe leads to the paradoxical conclusion that we can’t trust what we observe.
How Nostalgia Made America Great Again
When the present looks bleak, we reach for a rose-tinted past.
Is Violence Declining Because We’re Evolving More Patience?
Impulsiveness is a heritable trait that may have been maladaptive in agrarian life.
The Woman Who Gave Us the Science of Normal Life
Before Rachel Carson there was Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT’s first female student.
Why You Feel the Urge to Jump
The science and philosophy of looking down from a high place.
Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too
Many famous scientists have something in common—they didn’t work long hours.
