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Are There Barbarians at the Gates of Science?
The increasingly complex border between science and society is changing both.
This Philosopher Helped Ensure There Was No Nobel for Relativity
Henri Bergson’s debate with Albert Einstein reached and swayed the 1921 Nobel committee.
Why Physics Is Not a Discipline
Physics is not just what happens in the Department of Physics.
Spark of Science: Sean B. Carroll
One biologist’s love for science got kickstarted by snakes.
Spark of Science: Childhood Discovery
Kirk Johnson’s mom gave him 5 minutes at a rest stop. It was enough to find an arrowhead.
Would the World Be Better If Everyone Were a Do-Gooder?
The people pushing themselves to the moral limit.