“Every category is a simplification to some degree; it throws away information about the thing.”
The Editors | Feb 15, 2024
Whenever someone waxes poetic about terraforming alien worlds, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the ethical implications of the proposal.
Erika Nesvold | Feb 12, 2024
If we want to understand our consciousness, we must not be afraid to break new ground.
Marc Wittmann | Jan 25, 2024
Only when clinicians dispel stereotypes about psychosis and understand the complex ways hallucinations can offer meaning, comfort, and purpose to patients can they truly guide them toward recovery.
Abigail Gosselin | Jan 15, 2024
An excerpt from Emmanuelle Pouydebat’s “Sexus Animalis,” an illustrated guide to the amazingly multifarious sex lives of animals.
Emmanuelle Pouydebat | Translated by Erik Butler | Jan 5, 2024
On Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and the rise and fall of LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.
Ross Crockford | Jan 2, 2024
The evolution of beat perception likely unfolded gradually among primates, reaching its pinnacle in humans.
Henkjan Honing | Dec 14, 2023
Although it leaves few written traces, the work of preparing specimens is a crucial component of scientific research.
Caitlin Donahue Wylie | Dec 7, 2023
The macabre diets of scale-eating cichlids help shed light on the important role of frequency dependence in shaping genetic variation and the natural world.
Jeffrey McKinnon | Nov 30, 2023
It's exhilarating to think that, with the help of generative AI, anyone who can write can also write programs. It’s not so simple.
Michael L. Littman | Nov 20, 2023
