An excerpt from Eva Meijer's book “Animal Languages,” an exploration of how animals speak to each other and to humans.
Eva Meijer | Jul 17
The science of viruses, born out of the 20th century's deadliest pandemic, launched medical thinking in a dramatically new direction, saving countless lives in the decades to come.
Richard Conniff | Jul 6
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
Fergus Craik and Larry Jacoby | Jun 26
Now that we’ve discovered exoplanets, can we detect the moons that might orbit them? And might life exist on them?
Chris Impey | Jun 20
Carmel Raz explores how historical links between nerves and vibration have shaped modern neural sciences.
Carmel Raz | Jun 2
The quantification of bodies, senses, and experience did not begin with surveillance capitalism but can be traced back to mathematical and statistical techniques of the 19th century.
Chris Salter | May 17
Twenty-five years before our era of fake news and celebrity pseudoscience, the star actor teamed up with Montel Williams to promote an unfounded conspiracy.
Robert P. Crease | May 15
Barbara Mazzolai’s roboplants could analyze and enrich soil, search for water and other chemicals, or even be used to grow infrastructure from scratch.
Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo | May 1
Despite the dangers, secret communication is at the heart of espionage operations and essential for spy work.
Kristie Macrakis | Apr 20
When we view objectivity and subjectivity as opposites rather than complements, we distort the empirical realities of data collection.
Melanie Feinberg | Apr 17
