Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black hol
Understanding how life began on Earth involves questions of chemistry, geology, planetary science, p
Being rational necessarily involves engagement with probability. Given two possible courses of actio
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The human brain does a pretty amazing job of taking in a huge amount of data from multiple sensory m
Change is scary. But sometimes it can all work out for the best. There's no guarantee of that, howev
The philosophy of mathematics would be so much easier if it weren't for infinity. The concept seems
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Just like with physics, in biology it is perfectly possible to do most respectable work without thin
Which is more intelligent, ChatGPT or a 3-year old? Of course this depends on what we mean by "
For those of us who are not dualists, the mind arises from our physical bodies -- mostly the brain,
We claim to love all of our children, friends, and students equally. But perhaps deep down you assig
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String theory, the current leading candidate for a theory of quantum gravity as well as other partic
The Earth's climate keeps changing, largely due to the effects of human activity, and we haven't bee
Publication week! Say hello to Quanta and Fields, the second volume of the planned three-volume
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Modern biology is advancing by leaps and bounds, not only in understanding how organisms work, but i
Humanity itself might be the hardest thing for scientists to study fairly and accurately. Not only d
Science is enabled by the fact that the natural world exhibits predictability and regularity, at lea
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