Category: Insight
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From the MIT Press Reader: When Daniel Dennett’s essay collection “Brainstorms” was published in 1978,…
Records of Pompeii’s Survivors Have Been Found – and Archaeologists are Starting to Understand How They Rebuilt Their Lives
by Steven L. Tuck at The Conversation: On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius…
Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points
New York Times: Dr. Chan is a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of M.I.T….
The S-Matrix Is the Oracle Physicists Turn To in Times of Crisis
Particle physicists in search of the next theory of reality are consulting a mathematical structure…
Scientists Smashed a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid. Here’s What They’re Learning From the Aftermath.
By Theo Nicitopoulos at Singularity Hub: On a fall evening in 2022, scientists at the…
What’s the Difference Between Vegan and Vegetarian?
Katherine Livingstone at The Conversation: Vegan and vegetarian diets are plant-based diets. Both include plant…
Human-Like ‘Bio-Skin’ Gives Robots a Much More Nuanced Sense of Touch
By Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: We humans are highly visual creatures, but our skin…
Will Telepathy be Forever Out of Reach?
Roger Luckhurst at Aeon: In 2016, Elon Musk launched Neuralink with the aim of manufacturing…
Crop Circles: Who’s Hoaxing Whom?
“They may not be evidence of UFOs, ancient spirits or secret weapons, but there is…
Why was a Laughing Woman Seen as Lethal, Not Least to Herself?
Maggie Hennefeld at Psyche: As I argue in my new book, Death by Laughter: Female…
You Are What (Your Microbes) Eat
Veronique Greenwood in Harvard Magazine: IN THE LATE 2000s, Rachel Carmody was spending a lot of time…
Mounting Research Shows That COVID-19 Leaves its Mark on the Brain, Including With Significant Drops in IQ Scores
Ziyad Al-Aly in The Conversation: From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as…