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Ingenious: John Ochsendorf

Meet the architectural rebel who champions ancient engineers.

May 21, 2015

Consciousness Began When the Gods Stopped Speaking

How Julian Jaynes’ famous 1970s theory is faring in the neuroscience age.

Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack

Modern architects have a lot to learn from the sound engineering of the ancients.

May 19, 2015

How the Biggest Fabricator in Science Got Caught

Yoshitaka Fujii falsified 183 papers before statistics exposed him.

The Gravekeeper’s Paradox

People want permanent tombstones that also show decay.

March 4, 2015

What a 9,000-Year-Old Spruce Tree Taught Me

How photographing the world’s oldest living things pushed me outside the boundaries of science.

March 4, 2015

Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes

The high speed of society has jammed your internal clock.

March 2, 2015